SMS scnews item created by Georg Gottwald at Mon 18 Aug 2014 1130
Type: Seminar
Distribution: World
Expiry: 29 Sep 2014
Calendar1: 3 Sep 2014 1300-1400
CalLoc1: C5C T1 Theatre at Macquarie University
Auth: gottwald@pgottwald2.pc (assumed)

# Colloquium at Macquarie University: Lars Grune -- Model predictive control as a device to approximate infinite horizon by finite horizon optimal control problems

Dear Alll,

It is just to let you know that Prof Lars Grune from the University of Bayreuth (see
http://num.math.uni-bayreuth.de/en/team/Gruene_Lars/ ) will give a colloquium seminar at
1pm on Sept 3 in C5C T1 Theatre at Macquarie University.  The title and an abstract of
the seminar are as follows

Model predictive control as a device to approximate infinite horizon by finite horizon
optimal control problems

In this talk, we present recent results on the performance of model predictive control
(MPC) schemes in the context of infinite horizon optimal control.  We will be able to
prove approximate optimality of the resulting trajectories both in an infinite horizon
averaged and in a "transient" sense (the meaning of the latter will be defined in the
talk).  A particular emphasis will be put on the explanation of the underlying
structural assumptions on the optimal control problems to be solved.  The talk will also
present open questions which arise from an application of MPC to smart grids as well as
for discounted optimal control problems.

Please come along if you are interested.

With best regards,