The properties of decentralized systems under local feedbacks via polynomial models (Q1094362)

For linear systems defined by a rational \(p\times m\) transfer matrix W(s) the author defines local controllability as controllability of groups of output components by groups of input components relative to a given partition of the input and output vectors. Similarly he defines local observability. Using the polynomial module formalism the author develops criteria of local controllability and local observability and he studies these properties under local feedback (in a corresponding sense).