Distributed model predictive control for plant-wide hot-rolled s...

Since hot-rolled strip laminar cooling (HSLC) process is a large-scale, nonlinear system, a distributed model predictive control (DMPC) framework is proposed for computational reason and enhancing the precision and flexibility of control system. The overall system is divided into several interconnected subsystems and each subsystem is controlled by local model predictive control (MPC). These local MPCs cooperate with its neighbours through the scheme of neighbourhood optimization for the improve