<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Predictive control of constrained hybrid systems"^^ . "This paper proposes a framework for modeling and controlling systems described by interdependent physical laws, logic rules, and operating constraints, denoted as Mixed Logical Dynamical (MLD) systems. These are described by linear dynamic equations subject to linear inequalities involving real and integer variables. MLD systems include linear hybrid systems, finite state machines, some classes of discrete event systems, constrained linear systems, and nonlinear systems which can be approximated by piecewise linear functions. A predictive control scheme is proposed which is able to stabilize MLD systems on desired reference trajectories while fulfilling operating constraints, and possibly take into account previous qualitative knowledge in the form of heuristic rules. Due to the presence of integer variables, the resulting on-line optimization procedures are solved through Mixed Integer Quadratic Programming (MIQP), for which efficient solvers have been recently developed. Some examples and a simulation case study on a complex gas supply system are reported. "^^ . "2000" . "26" . . "Springer-Verlag"^^ . . "Springer-Verlag"^^ . . . "Proc. Int. Workshop on Assessment and Future Directions of Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (Pavia, Italy), Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Alex"^^ . "Zheng"^^ . "Alex Zheng"^^ . . "Frank"^^ . "Allgöwer"^^ . "Frank Allgöwer"^^ . . "Christopher I."^^ . "Byrnes"^^ . "Christopher I. Byrnes"^^ . . "Manfred"^^ . "Morari"^^ . "Manfred Morari"^^ . . "Alberto"^^ . "Bemporad"^^ . "Alberto Bemporad"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #517 \n\nPredictive control of constrained hybrid systems\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science"@en . . . "TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery"@en . .