State Space Systems

Linear State Space Models1

Boyd D. Schimel
Walter J. Grantham

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-2920

CONTENTS

State-Space Models

Linearization

Linear System Representations

State-Space Systems
Input-Output Systems
Transforming System Representations

Controllability and Observability
State-Space Transformations
Diagonalization
Block Diagonalization
Companion Form Systems
Input-Output Systems
State Equations from the Transfer Matrix
Defining Terms

References

Further Information

1 -- Schimel, B.D. and Grantham, W.J., "Linear State Space Models," in The Engineering Handbook, R.C. Dorf, ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1995, pp. 1058-1069.

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