Title :
Efficiency improvement of hierarchical control by using DDP `application to river pollution control´
Author :
Alimi, Adel M. ; Derbel, Nabil ; Ouali, Abderrazak ; Kamoun, Mohamed B A
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Sch. of Eng. of Sfax, Tunisia
Abstract :
A hierarchical control is combined with a differential dynamic programming (DDP) technique to resolve a complex optimization problem. The efficiency of the multilevel approach is improved. To illustrate this improvement, a 72-dimensional river pollution control problem is solved
Keywords :
dynamic programming; hierarchical systems; large-scale systems; optimal control; rivers; water pollution detection and control; differential dynamic programming; efficiency; hierarchical control; optimization; river pollution control; Automatic control; Automation; Chemical industry; Convergence; Dynamic programming; Laboratories; Lagrangian functions; Pollution control; Prediction methods; Rivers;
Conference_Titel :
Control Applications, 1992., First IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0047-5
DOI :
10.1109/CCA.1992.269824
