Internal Model Control Part of a set of lecture notes on Introduction to Robust Control

 Copyright 2002 1 of 9 Internal Model Control Part of a set of lecture notes on Introduction to Robust Control by Ming T. Tham (2002) The Internal Model Principle The Internal Model Control (IMC) philosophy relies on the Internal Model Principle, which states that control can be achieved only if the control system encapsulates, either implicitly or explicitly, some representation of the process to be controlled. In particular, if the control scheme has been developed based on an exact model of the process, then perfect control is theoretically possible. Consider, for example, the system shown in the diagram below: