Multi-Agent Model Predictive Control with Applications to Power Networks R.R. Negenborn Delft Center for Systems and Control Delft University of Technology ISBN: 978-90-5584-093-9, December 2007 ISBN: 978-90-7978-702-9, September 2008 (Second printing) Main

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Very brief abstract of this PhD thesis Transportation networks, such as power networks, road traffic networks, water distribution networks, railway networks, etc. are the corner stones of our modern society. As transportation networks have to operate closer and closer to their capacity limits and as the dynamics of these networks become more and more complex, control of these networks has to be advanced to a higher level using state-of-the-art control techniques. Such control techniques should be able to deal with the large size and distributed nature of the control problems encountered, and should in addition be able to anticipate undesired behavior at an early stage. In this PhD thesis several novel control techniques for the control of transportation networks are proposed. Each of the techniques proposed is based on a combination of ideas from the fields of multi-agent systems and model predictive control. Control problems from the domain of power networks are used to illustrate and assess the performance of the proposed techniques. The full summary of this thesis can be found here in English and here in Dutch.

The complete thesis Request a hard copy of my PhD thesis below, download the complete thesis here (with additional notes and errata), or download the thesis in parts: Cover Title Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Serial versus parallel schemes Chapter 3: Interconnected hybrid systems Chapter 4: Multi-layer MPC Chapter 5: Overlapping subnetworks Chapter 6: Conclusions References Glossary Samenvatting Summary Curriculum vitae Some additional notes and errata can be found here.

Related publications Detailed information of the publications that appear (partially) in the thesis can be found here.

Related links Links to websites of cooperators: Prof.dr.ir. B. De Schutter Prof.dr.ir. J. Hellendoorn A.G. Beccuti, Dipl.-Ing. Ir. M. Houwing G. Hug-Glanzmann, Dipl.-Ing. Dr. S. Leirens Dr.ir. Z. Lukszo Links to websites of PhD committee members (excl. promotors): Prof.Dr. G. Andersson Prof.Dr.-Ing. W. Marquardt Prof.dr. J.-J.Ch. Meyer Ir. J. Langedijk Prof.dr. G.J. Olsder Prof.dr. C. Witteveen Links to related projects/institutions: STW Multi-agent control of large-scale hybrid systems HYCON: Hybrid Control, Taming heterogeneity and complexity of networked embedded systems, Work package 4a: Energy management BSIK Next Generation Infrastructures Delft Center for Systems and Control Dutch Institute of Systems and Control Research School TRAIL

Tools/resources used for constructing the thesis Text & image editing and formatting: LaTeX2e, BibTeX, Emacs, XFig, Adobe Illustrator Computation, optimization, and simulation: Matlab 2007a, Tomlab (/BASE, /CPLEX, /SNOPT), Dymola Miscellaneous tools: Bart De Schutter's scripts LaTeX template files of the thesis: Download it here (Last updated March 16, 2011). Don't forget to read the README.txt file for instructions on how to use the template. LaTeX template file of the propositions: Download it here (Last updated September 30, 2008). Note: use pdflatex to compile. Printer: PrintPartners Ipskamp (specs: B5, cover printed on 250 grams one-sided laminated full-color sulphate cardboard; body printed on 100 grams mat machine-coated paper, stiched broche; delivery of 300 copies in 15 working days). Request an ISBN number (in The Netherlands) here. Once you have an ISBN number, obtain a bar code in EAN-13 format in .eps here, using the bookland program. I rented my costume at fam. Kloeg. Obtain proposition inspiration at Hora Est.

Miscellaneous links The public defence of the thesis took place at 10:00AM on Tuesday, December 18, 2007, in the Senaatszaal of the Aula Congress Center of TU Delft. Some photos can be found here. The propositions that I defended together with the thesis can be found here. The paranymphs during the defence were Thijs Kinkhorst and David van Prooijen. Juggling routines for improvement of the research focus and collegiality can be found here.

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