Optimization of temporal processes: a model predictive control approach

  • Authors:
  • Zhe Song;Andrew Kusiak

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA;Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation - Special issue on computational finance and economics
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

A dynamic predictive-control model of a nonlinear and temporal process is considered. Evolutionary computation and data mining algorithms are integrated for solving the model. Data-mining algorithms learn dynamic equations from process data. Evolutionary algorithms are then applied to solve the optimization problem guided by the knowledge extracted by data-mining algorithms. Several properties of the optimization model are shown in detail, in particular, a selection of regressors, time delays, prediction and control horizons, and weights. The concepts proposed in this paper are illustrated with an industrial case study in combustion process.