9 papers
Predictor-Based Compensators for Networked Control Systems with Stochastic Delays and Sampling Intervals
Matheus Wagner, Marcelo M. Morato, Antônio Augusto Fröhlich +1
The stochastic nature of time delays and sampling intervals in Networked Control Systems poses significant challenges for controller synthesis and analysis, often leading to conser…
Teaching control with Basic Maths: Introduction to Process Control course as a novel educational approach for undergraduate engineering programs
Julio Elias Normey-Rico, Marcelo Menezes Morato
In this article, we discuss a novel education approach to control theory in undergraduate engineering programs. In particular, we elaborate on the inclusion of an introductory cour…
Nonlinear Data-Driven Control Part II: qLPV Predictive Control using Parameter Extrapolation
Marcelo Menezes Morato, Julio Elias Normey-Rico, Olivier Sename
We present a novel data-driven Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm for nonlinear systems. The method is based on recent extensions of behavioural theory and Willem's Fundament…
Nonlinear Data-Driven Control Part I: Trajectory Representation under quasi-Linear Parameter Varying Embeddings
Marcelo Menezes Morato, Julio Elias Normey-Rico, Olivier Sename
Recent literature has shown how linear time-invariant (LTI) systems can be represented by trajectories features, that is relying on a single input-output (IO) data dictionary to sp…
A Parametrized Nonlinear Predictive Control Strategy for Relaxing COVID-19 Social Distancing Measures in Brazil
Marcelo M. Morato, Igor M. L. Pataro, Marcus V. Americano da Costa +1
In this paper, we formulate a Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) to plan appropriate social distancing measures (and relaxations) in order to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic…
Nonlinear Temperature Regulation of Solar Collectors with a Fast Adaptive Polytopic LPV MPC Formulation
Hugo A. Pipino, Marcelo M. Morato, Emanuel Bernardi +2
Temperature control in solar collectors is a nonlinear problem: the dynamics of temperature rise vary according to the oil flowing through the collector and to the temperature grad…