Generalized predictive control for improving intersample performance

This paper proposes a design method of the Generalized Predictive Control (GPC) strategy which can take account of intersample behavior as well as sampled behavior. To this end, a discrete‐time equivalent plant model and cost function for a continuous‐time plant incorporated with zero‐order hold and discrete‐time controller are derived, and the modified discrete‐time GPC is designed. To verify the effectiveness of our proposed method, the controller is applied to a benchmark problem of a hard‐disk drive. Copyright © 2007 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.