Orbits of controllable and observable systems

Let a time-invariant linear system $\left .\aligned \dot x(t)&=Ax(t)+Bu(t)\\y(t)&=Cx(t)\endaligned \right \}$ corresponding to a realization of a prescribed transfer function matrix can be represented by triples of matrices $(A,B,C)$. The permitted transformations of basis changes in the spa...

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Authors: Clotet Juan, Josep|||0000-0002-9550-728X, García Planas, María Isabel|||0000-0001-7418-7208
Format: article
Publication Date:1999
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1049
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/1049
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:System theory
Algebras, Linear
Multilinear algebra
Matrices
Controllability
Observability
Lie group action
Orbits
Sistemes, Teoria de
Àlgebra lineal
Àlgebra multilineal
Matriu S, Teoria
Classificació AMS::15 Linear and multilinear algebra
matrix theory
Classificació AMS::93 Systems Theory
Control::93B Controllability, observability, and system structure
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Summary:Let a time-invariant linear system $\left .\aligned \dot x(t)&=Ax(t)+Bu(t)\\y(t)&=Cx(t)\endaligned \right \}$ corresponding to a realization of a prescribed transfer function matrix can be represented by triples of matrices $(A,B,C)$. The permitted transformations of basis changes in the space state on the systems can be seen in the space of triples of matrices as similarity equivalence. In this paper we give a geometric characteriaztion of controllable and observable systems as orbits under a Lie group action. As a corollary we obtain a lower bound of the distance between a controllable and observable triple and the nearest uncontrollable one.