Richalet J., O’Donovan D. Predictive Functional Control: Principles and Industrial Applications

New York: Springer, 2009. - 236p.The concept of MPC has been rediscovered several times; most notably by Cutler and Ramacher at Shell, who were also motivated by practical problems. Interest in MPC has accelerated significantly over the last 20 years, driven by the dramatic increase in computing power and a strong industrial interest.
This book, which is intended for a wide audience, requires only a modest theoretical background; block-diagram algebra, Laplace- and z-transforms, and PID control. The book presents the basic concepts, and contains much information about the practical details, such as implementation and tuning.
This book should prove very useful to practical engineers who are interested in moving beyond PID control, and to theoreticians who would like to get a flavour of real industrial problems.