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A Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Strategy Using Multiple Neural Network Models

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Advances in Neural Networks - ISNN 2006 (ISNN 2006)

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Abstract

Combining multiple neural networks appears to be a very promising approach for improving neural network generalization since it is very difficult, if not impossible, to develop a perfect single neural network. Therefore in this paper, a nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) strategy using multiple neural networks is proposed. Instead of using a single neural network as a model, multiple neural networks are developed and combined to model the nonlinear process and then used in NMPC. The proposed technique is applied to water level control in a conic water tank. Application results demonstrate that the proposed technique can significantly improve both setpoint tracking and disturbance rejection performance.

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  1. School of Chemical Engineering, University Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, Seri Ampangan, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia

    Zainal Ahmad

  2. School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

    Jie Zhang

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

    Jun Wang

  2. Computational Intelligence Laboratory, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 610054, Chengdu, P.R. China

    Zhang Yi

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Louisville, 40292, Louisville, KY, U.S.A

    Jacek M. Zurada

  4. Laboratory for Computational Biology, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, 800 Dong Chuan Rd., 200240, Shanghai, China

    Bao-Liang Lu

  5. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, UK

    Hujun Yin

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Ahmad, Z., Zhang, J. (2006). A Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Strategy Using Multiple Neural Network Models. In: Wang, J., Yi, Z., Zurada, J.M., Lu, BL., Yin, H. (eds) Advances in Neural Networks - ISNN 2006. ISNN 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3972. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11760023_139

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  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

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