Advanced Control of a Continuous Solution Copolymerization Process

Table 5

Sensitivity analysis parameters of DMC for regulatory problem.

Parameters	Loop 1	Loop 2	Loop 3	Loop 4
Convolution horizon	48	111	26	8
Prediction horizon (PH)*	2	5	9	2
Control horizon (CH)	1	1	1	1
Suppression factor (𝑓)**	0.001	0.003	1.500	0.001
Reference trajectory parameter (𝛼)	0.002	0.001	0.010	0.001
Sampling time (h)	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25

*Value for changes on the f.
**Value for changes on the PH.