Developments in Model-Based Optimization and Control, Sorin Olaru; Alexandra Grancharova; Fernando Lobo

Introduction.- Part I. Complexity and Structural Properties of Linear Model Predictive Control.- 1. Complexity Certifications of First Order Inexact Lagrangian Methods for General Convex Programming: Application to Real-time MPC.- 2. Fully Inverse Parametric Linear/Quadratic Programming Problems via Convex Liftings.- 3. Implications of Inverse Parametric Optimization in Model Predictive Control.- Part II. Distributed-coordinated and Multi-objective Features of Model Predictive Control.- 4. Distributed Robust Model Predictive Control of Interconnected Polytopic Systems.- 5. Optimal Distributed-Coordinated Approach for Energy Management in Multisource Electric Power Generation Systems.- 6. Evolutionary-game-based Dynamical Tuning for Multi-objective Model Predictive Control.- Part III. Collaborative Model Predictive Control.- 7. A Model Predictive Control-based Architecture for Cooperative Path-following of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.- 8. Predictive Control for Path Following. From Trajectory Generation to the Parameterization of the Discrete Tracking Sequences.- 9. Formation Reconfiguration using Model Predictive Control Techniques for Multi-Agent Dynamical Systems.- Part IV. Applications of Optimization-based Control and Identification.- 10. Optimal Operation of a Lumostatic Microalgae Cultivation Process.- 11. Bioprocesses Parameter Estimation by Heuristic Optimization Techniques.- 12. Real-time Experimental Implementation of Predictive Control Schemes in a Small-scale Pasteurization Plant.- Part V. Optimization-based Analysis and Design for Particular Classes of Dynamical Systems.- 13. An Optimization-based Framework for Impulsive Control Systems.- 14. Robustness Issues in Control of Bilinear Discrete-Time Systems - Applied to the Control of Power Converters.- 15. On the LPV Control Design and its Applications to Some Classes of Dynamical Systems.- 16. Ultimate Bounds and Robust Invariant Sets for Linear Systems with State-dependent Disturbances.- 17. RPI Approximations of the mRPI Set Characterizing Linear Dynamics with Zonotopic Disturbances.