TY - CHAP UR - http://www.ifac-papersonline.net/Detailed/30165.html KW - Model predictive control; Automotive applications; Hybrid systems Y1 - 2006/// TI - Model predictive control of nonlinear mechatronic systems: an application to a magnetically actuated mass spring damper AV - none N2 - Mechatronic systems in the automotive applications are characterized by significant nonlinearities and tight performance specifications further exacerbated by state and input constraints. Model Predictive Control (MPC) in conjunction with hybrid modeling can be an attractive and systematic methodology to handle these challenging control problems. In this paper, we focus on a mass spring damper system actuated by an electromagnet, which is one of the most common elements in the automotive actuators, with fuel injectors representing a concrete example. We present two designs which are based, respectively, on a linear MPC approach in cascade with a nonlinear state-dependent saturation, and on a hybrid MPC approach. The performance and the complexity of the two MPC controllers are compared. SP - 241 SN - 978-3-902661-06-7 PB - IFAC A1 - Di Cairano, Stefano A1 - Bemporad, Alberto A1 - Kolmanovsky, Ilya A1 - Hrovat, Davor EP - 246 T2 - 2nd IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems ID - eprints539 ER -