Data-driven Output-feedback Predictive Control: Unknown Plant's Order and Measurement Noise

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to propose a new data-driven control scheme for multi-input-multi-output linear time-invariant systems whose system model are completely unknown. Using a non-minimal input-output realization, the proposed method can be applied to the case where the system order is unknown, provided that its upper bound is known. A workaround against measurement noise is proposed and it is shown through simulation study that the proposed method is superior to the conventional methods when dealing with input/output data corrupted by measurement noise.