Title :
A new controllability condition
Author :
Maroulas, John ; Barnett, Stephen
Author_Institution :
University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
fDate :
8/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A controllability condition for a constant linear system

is given in terms of the minimum polynomials of

and of the columns of

. An application is made to canonical forms.
Keywords :
Controllability; Linear systems, time-invariant continuous-time; Automatic control; Control systems; Controllability; Linear systems; Mathematics; Matrix decomposition; Polynomials; Sampling methods; Vectors; Virtual manufacturing;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.1979.1102085