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arxiveess.SYmath.OC2026-07-21

Model-Agnostic Meta Learning for Differentiable MPC

Salma Elfeki, Riccardo Zuliani, Niklas Schmid, Efe C. Balta, John Lygeros

Applying policy optimization to Model Predictive Control (MPC) yields high-performance and reliable controllers. However, the resulting controllers often overfit their training conditions and suffer significant performance degradation in unseen tasks. We propose a novel framework combining policy optimization with meta-learning to train highly adaptable MPC controllers. Our approach enables rapid adaptation to unseen tasks, maintaining high performance at a fraction of the computational cost required for full retraining. Furthermore, we integrate system identification into the pipeline to continuously refine both the MPC hyperparameters and the underlying predictive models. We validate our proposed methodology on a Ball-on-Plate system, demonstrating superior adaptability across various parameterized trajectory-tracking tasks.

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