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Maximal Safe Set Computation for Idle Speed Control of an Automotive Engine

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The specification for the idle control problem for automotive engines is to maintain the crankshaft speed within a given range in the presence of load changes. A new cycle-detailed hybrid model of the engine that captures well the interactions between the discrete phenomena of torque generation and spark ignition, and the continuous evolution of the power-train and air dynamics, is proposed. The idle control problem is formalized as a safety specification problem on the hybrid system. The Tomlin-Lygeros-Sastry procedure [12] is applied to compute the maximal controlled invariant set that satisfies the safety specification.

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Balluchi, A. et al. (2000). Maximal Safe Set Computation for Idle Speed Control of an Automotive Engine. In: Lynch, N., Krogh, B.H. (eds) Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control. HSCC 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1790. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46430-1_7

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