Speed control of vehicles with variable valve lift engine by NMPC based on application of SDAGM with continuation method

In this paper we apply a fast Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) algorithm to a speed tracking problem of vehicles with variable valve lift engines. The proposed algorithm can handle constraints and the computational time is expected to be much shorter if many-core processor can be used efficiently. The validity of the proposed method is demonstrated by numerical simulations using a SICE engine benchmark simulator, where we assume that the control inputs are throttle angle, variable valve lift and ignition timing.