Economic model predictive control without terminal constraints for optimal periodic behavior
In this paper, we analyze economic model predictive control schemes without terminal constraints, where the optimal operating regime is not steady state operation, but periodic behavior. We first show by means of two counterexamples, that a classical 1 step receding horizon control scheme does not necessarily result in an optimal closed loop performance. Instead, a multi step MPC scheme may be needed in order to establish near optimal performance of the closed loop system. This behavior is analyzed in detail, and we derive checkable dissipativity like conditions in order to obtain closed loop performance guarantees.
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