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Model Predictive Control: Advances in Sensor Technologies and Applications

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 1230

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Laboratory of Control Systems and Cybernetics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: soft sensors; Raman spectroscopy; fuzzy model identification; machine learning with big data; predictive control of dynamic systems; sensor fusion; data mining; indoor positioning; autonomous mobile systems
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Dear Colleagues,

The synergy between model predictive control (MPC) and evolving sensor technologies represents a new era of intelligent control. This Special Issue, “Model Predictive Control: Advances in Sensor Technologies and Applications”, explores the multi-faceted relationship between these two fields.

The depth of sensor feedback loops, revealing the crucial role of sensors in MPC, highlights their integral function in feedback control. The fusion of different sensor data provides a broader perspective on MPC and enriches decision-making processes. In the era of data overload, techniques to control inconsistent or unreliable sensor data are becoming increasingly important in MPC. Moreover, the real-time applicability of MPC, when tested via the integration of wireless sensor networks, is both a challenge and a breakthrough. The introduction of soft sensors that can either complement or potentially replace traditional hardware is exciting. Finally, the transformative impact of self-calibrating sensors that redefine the adaptability of MPC is being explored.

This Special Issue aims to shed light on these intersections and foster a deeper understanding of this transformative technology. The authors' insights, research and innovations are invaluable to this discourse.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Automation.

Yours sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Simon Tomažič
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • model predictive control (MPC)
  • neural network control system
  • evolving control
  • nonlinear control
  • advanced process control
  • adaptive control
  • dynamic matrix control
  • intelligent soft sensor
  • fuzzy logic control
  • self-calibrating sensor

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Article
Model Predictive Control of a Semi-Active Vehicle-Mounted Vibration Isolation Platform
by Liang Wu, Weizhou Zhang, Daofa Yuan, Iljoong Youn and Weiwei Jia
Sensors 2024, 24(1), 243; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24010243 - 31 Dec 2023
Cited by 1 | Viewed by 734
Abstract
When conventional delivery vehicles are driven over complex terrain, large vibrations can seriously affect vehicle-loaded equipment and cargo. Semi-active vehicle-mounted vibration isolation control based on road preview can improve the stability of loaded cargo and instruments by enabling them to have lower vertical [...] Read more.
When conventional delivery vehicles are driven over complex terrain, large vibrations can seriously affect vehicle-loaded equipment and cargo. Semi-active vehicle-mounted vibration isolation control based on road preview can improve the stability of loaded cargo and instruments by enabling them to have lower vertical acceleration. A combined dynamic model including a vehicle and platform is developed first. In order to obtain a non-linear relationship between damping force and input current, a continuous damping control damper model is developed, and the corresponding external characteristic tests are carried out. Because some conventional control algorithms cannot handle complex constraints and preview information, a model predictive control algorithm based on forward road preview and input constraints is designed. Finally, simulations and real tests of the whole vehicle vibration environment are carried out. The results show that the proposed model predictive control based on road preview can effectively improve vibration isolation performance of the vehicle-mounted platform. Full article
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