Observed Control - Linearly Scalable Nonlinear Model Predictive Control with Adaptive Horizons
arXiv:2508.13339v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This work highlights the duality between state estimation and model predictive control. A model predictive controller, observed control, is presented that uses this duality to efficiently compute control actions with linear prediction horizon length scalability. The proposed algorithms provide exceptional computational efficiency, adaptive time horizon lengths, and early optimization termination criteria. The use of Kalman smoothers as t
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arXiv:2508.13339v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This work highlights the duality between state estimation and model predictive control. A model predictive controller, observed control, is presented that uses this duality to efficiently compute control actions with linear prediction horizon length scalability. The proposed algorithms provide exceptional computational efficiency, adaptive time horizon lengths, and early optimization termination criteria. The use of Kalman smoothers as the backend optimization framework provides for a familiar implementation supported by strong theoretical guarantees. Additionally, a formulation is presented that separates linear model predictive control into purely reactive and anticipatory components, enabling any-time any-horizon observed control while ensuring controller stability for short time horizons. Finally, the method is extended to nonlinear systems and non-quadratic cost functions to obtain locally-optimal control of complex systems while maintaining linear prediction horizon scalability and adaptive-horizon capabilities.
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Originally published at arxiv.org.
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Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13339
