FactoryTalk Analytics Pavilion8® Model Predictive Control (MPC), by Rockwell Automation, is an intelligence layer on top of automation systems that continuously drives the plant to achieve multiple business objectives—cost reductions, decreased emissions, consistent quality and production increases—in real time. FactoryTalk Analytics Pavilion8 software's flexible hybrid modeling capabilities incorporates all available process knowledge to deliver the most accurate, highest fidelity models possible. It uniquely provides a single solution that can handle both nonlinear and linear processes simultaneously, driving improved results across a wide range of process technologies.