Fast Numerical Methods for Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control

Dr. Christian Kirches is a postdoctoral researcher in the simulation and optimization group at the chair of Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Georg Bock at the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) of Heidelberg University.

• The Direct Multiple Shooting Method for Optimal Control - Mixed-Integer Optimal Control - Constrained Nonlinear Programming - Mixed-Integer Real-Time Iterations - Outer Convexification of Constraints - A Nonconvex Parametric SQP Method - Linear Algebra for Block Structured QPs - Updates for the Block Structured Factorization

From the book reviews:“The book under review gives a useful introduction and presents valuable new contributions in this topic. … The material is very clearly written and certain parts … may well support graduate education. The targeted audience of the book is applied mathematicians and engineers.” (Gábor Szederkényi, Mathematical Reviews, January, 2015)