Rossiter, John AnthonyAftab, Muhammad SaleheenPanoutsos, GeorgeGonzalez-Villarreal, Oscar2022-06-142022-06-142022-06-10Rossiter JA, Aftab MS, Panoutsos G, Gonzalez-Villareal O. (2022) A novel approach to PFC for nonlinear systems, European Journal of Control, Volume 68, November 2022, Article number 1006680947-3580https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcon.2022.100668https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18023This paper proposes a computationally efficient predictive control law for non-linear systems, that is one that can easily be coded and implemented on low cost hardware. Moreover, it has a secondary core benefit that the core tuning parameter reduces to a single choice which is: how much faster than open-loop would you like the closed-loop to converge? Conceptually the approach builds on the PFC approach but proposes a very different type of coincidence condition which removes the lag associated to the conventional approach. Simulations demonstrate that for some non-linear systems this is a cheap and simple way of ensuring effective feedback, with constraint handling.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalPredictive functional controlComputational efficiencyTransparent tuningNonlinear systemsArticle