Nominal model predictive control

5 p., to appear in Encyclopedia of Systems and Control, Tariq Samad, John Baillieul (eds.)International audienceModel Predictive Control is a controller design method which synthesizes a sampled data feedback controller from the iterative solution of open loop optimal control problems.We describe the basic functionality of MPC controllers, their properties regarding feasibility, stability and performance and the assumptions needed in order to rigorously ensure these properties in a nominal setting