• DocumentCode
    1123446
  • Title

    Positive Controllability Test for Continuous-Time Linear Systems

  • Author

    Yoshida, Hiroshi ; Tanaka, Tetsuro

  • Author_Institution
    Kagoshima Univ., Kagoshima
  • Volume
    52
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1685
  • Lastpage
    1689
  • Abstract
    This note presents a method to test the positive controllability of a continuous-time linear system. Based on the Jordan canonical form, the controllability of a given system can be reduced to those of its subsystems with real eigenvalues. Because the dimension of the subsystem is smaller than that of the given system, the controllability test can be simplified. It is pointed out that the conditions for a continuous-time system to be positive controllable have almost the same expressions as those for a discrete-time system.
  • Keywords
    continuous time systems; controllability; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; linear systems; Jordan canonical form; continuous-time linear systems; discrete-time system; eigenvalues; positive controllability test; Control systems; Controllability; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Kalman filters; Linear systems; Optimal control; Sufficient conditions; System testing; Continuous-time linear system; Jordan canonical form; controllability test; positive control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9286
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAC.2007.904278
  • Filename
    4303252