Patent Document ID: 20180274453
Application ID: 15465647
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for controlling a propulsion system of a motor vehicle, the method comprising: generating a plurality of sets of possible command values; determining a cost for each set of possible command values of the plurality of sets of possible command values based on a first predetermined weighting value, a second predetermined weighting value, a plurality of predicted values, and a plurality of requested values; determining which set of possible command values of the plurality of sets of possible command values has a lowest cost; and selecting the set of possible command values that has the lowest cost to define a set of selected command values; performing an arbitration step comprising at least one of the following arbitration procedures A and B: A) determining at least one requested value of the plurality of requested values based on arbitrating between a driver requested value and an intervention requested value; and B) determining a desired command value by arbitrating between a selected command value of the set of selected command values and a command intervention value; and controlling a vehicle parameter based on the desired command value.