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Design and simulate model predictive controllers

Model Predictive Control Toolbox™ provides functions, an app, and Simulink^® blocks for designing and simulating controllers using linear and nonlinear model predictive control (MPC). The toolbox lets you specify plant and disturbance models, horizons, constraints, and weights. By running closed-loop simulations, you can evaluate controller performance.

You can adjust the behavior of the controller by varying its weights and constraints at run time. The toolbox provides deployable optimization solvers and also enables you to use a custom solver. To control a nonlinear plant, you can implement adaptive, gain-scheduled, and nonlinear MPC controllers. For applications with fast sample rates, the toolbox lets you generate an explicit model predictive controller from a regular controller or implement an approximate solution.

For rapid prototyping and embedded system implementation, including deployment of optimization solvers, the toolbox supports C code and IEC 61131-3 Structured Text generation.

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Tutorials

Design Controller Using MPC Designer

Design a model predictive controller for a continuous stirred-tank reactor (CSTR) using MPC Designer.
Design MPC Controller in Simulink

Design and simulate a model predictive controller for a Simulink model using MPC Designer.
Design MPC Controller at the Command Line

Design and simulate a model predictive controller at the MATLAB^® command line.
Model Predictive Control of a Single-Input-Single-Output Plant

Create and simulate a model predictive controller for a SISO plant.
Model Predictive Control of a Multi-Input Single-Output Plant

Create and simulate a model predictive controller for a plant with multiple inputs and a single output.
Model Predictive Control of a Multi-Input Multi-Output Nonlinear Plant

Create and simulate a model predictive controller for a MIMO plant.

About Model Predictive Control

MPC Modeling

Model predictive controllers use plant, disturbance, and noise models for prediction and state estimation.
Controller State Estimation

MPC controllers use their current state as the basis for predictions. In general, the controller states are unmeasured and must be estimated.
Optimization Problem

Model predictive controllers compute optimal manipulated variable control moves by solving a quadratic program at each control interval.
QP Solvers

The model predictive controller QP solvers convert an MPC optimization problem to a general form quadratic programming problem.