For the free and forced motion of an asymptotically stable linear stationary discrete control system of order

, Performance Indexes given by the general expressions

and

where

is any

-transformable function,

is a vector whose elements are products of the state variables of the system in the form

and Δ
mis the

th forward difference, can be computed from the system\´s parameter without obtaining an explicit solution of the response. This is achieved by the introduction of a matrix

formed in a certain manner from the system\´s matrix

and the introduction of a "Matrix

-transform"
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of

.