Receding horizon tracking controller and its stability properties

The receding horizon tracking control for the discrete time invariant systems is presented in this paper. This control law is derived with the receding horizon concept from the standard tracking problems. Stability properties of this control law are analyzed. It is shown that there exists a finite horizon index for which the closed loop systems are always asymptotically stable. The receding horizon tracking control is a kind of predictive control and will add a new clan to many existing predictive controls, with which some comparisons are made.