Title :
On necessary conditions for decoupling multivariable control systems
Author :
Chao Liu ; Bergman, N.
Author_Institution :
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
fDate :
2/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Two necessary conditions for decoupling of an

- input

-output multivariable control system via state variable feedback are that the control and output matrices must be of rank

.
Keywords :
Decoupling of systems; Linear systems, time-invariant continuous-time; Automatic control; Control systems; Differential equations; Kalman filters; Laplace equations; Open loop systems; Output feedback; State feedback; Sufficient conditions; Transfer functions;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.1970.1099392