Model Predictive Control Used in Passenger Vehicles: An Overview

The following article presents a high-level overview of how Model Predictive Control (MPC) is leveraged in passenger vehicles and their subsystems for improved performance. This overview presents the fundamental concepts of MPC algorithms and their common variants. After building some understanding of MPC methods, the paper discusses state-of-the-art examples of how MPC methods are leveraged to perform low- to high-level tasks within a typical passenger vehicle. This review also aims to provide the reader with intuition in formulating MPC systems based on the strengths and weaknesses of the different formulations of MPC. The paper also highlights active areas of research and development.