Event triggered model predictive control: A less conservative result

Abstract This paper studies the event-triggered model predictive control (MPC) of a stabilizable linear continuous-time system. The optimization problem associated with the proposed MPC strategy is formulated exploiting newly designed control constraints. Compared with the conventional tube-based MPC, where the constant tightened control constraints are employed, the proposed MPC strategy exploits the time-varying control constraints, which allows the control signal to take larger values in the beginning along the prediction horizon, resulting in potentially improved system performance. The re-computation of the control signal is triggered by the deviation of the predicted system state and the real system state. Furthermore, conditions are derived based on which the design parameters can be tuned to ensure the recursive feasibility of the optimization and the stability of the closed-loop system. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed MPC strategy is verified using a numerical example.