MPC-part.

The most important for this course is that you have a practical understanding
of how to use MPC for multivariable control, for example, using the 
"Profit" software from Honeywell.

It will be expected that you have a basic knowledege of the theory behing MPC.
A good theoretical introduction to MPC is given in:

Rawlings, J. B. (2000). Tutorial Overview Of Model Predictive Control. Ieee Control Systems Magazine, 20(3), 38-52. 

or 

MPC_Hovd_Pages-from-kurskompendium.pdf  (section 6)
(Note that section 7 on performance monitoring is NOT required for 2008.)