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.

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." (Gabor Szederkenyi, Mathematical Reviews, January, 2015)

• 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