Engine load prediction in off-road vehicles using multi-objective nonlinear identification

The multi-objective identification of nonlinear dynamic models consisting of local linear models is considered. The tradeoff between global model accuracy and local model interpretability is explicitly considered by introducing weights on the criteria for local model accuracy. A strategy is proposed to tune the local weights in order to achieve similar tradeoff for each local model. In this way, better generalization is achieved. The multi-objective identification algorithm has been applied to predict the engine load of an off-road vehicle operating under varying working load conditions. The analysis tools have proven useful for the construction of an accurate and robust engine load prediction model. The resulting model can directly be used in model-based control algorithms in automatic tuning systems that explicitly deal with constraints on the working region. r 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.