Design and application of an industrial controller
Computing & Control Engineering Journal
Prediction with Gaussian processes: from linear regression to linear prediction and beyond
Learning in graphical models
A model for combustion of fuel in the boiler
Proceedings of the 3. Symposium Simulationstechnik
Stochastic MPC with inequality stability constraints
Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
Survey Constrained model predictive control: Stability and optimality
Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
The explicit linear quadratic regulator for constrained systems
Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
Approximate explicit receding horizon control of constrained nonlinear systems
Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
Dynamic GP models: an overview and recent developments
ASM'12 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Applied Mathematics, Simulation, Modelling
Terrain Avoidance Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Rotorcraft
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
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Energy production is one of the largest sources of air pollution. A feasible method to reduce the harmful flue gases emissions and to increase the efficiency is to improve the control strategies of the existing thermoelectric power plants. This makes the Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) method very suitable for achieving an efficient combustion control. Recently, an explicit approximate approach for stochastic NMPC based on a Gaussian process model was proposed. The benefits of an explicit solution, in addition to the efficient on-line computations, include also verifiability of the implementation, which is an essential issue in safety-critical applications. This paper considers the application of an explicit approximate approach for stochastic NMPC to the design of an explicit reference tracking NMPC controller for a combustion plant based on its Gaussian process model. The controller brings the air factor (respectively the concentration of oxygen in the flue gases) on its optimal value with every change of the load factor and thus an optimal operation of the combustion plant is achieved.