On the stability radius of a generalized state-space system (Q1260784)

The paper deals with linear time-invariant systems of implicit differential algebraic equations of the type \(E\dot{x}=Ax+Bu\) in finite dimensional spaces. Such systems are solvable if and only if the pencil \(\alpha A-\beta E\) is regular. In order to study the insensitivity to perturbations a suitable measure for the stability radius is defined. A formula for the distance to instability is derived for regular pencils of index less than or equal to one. For systems which are not regular or which are of index higher than one a real feedback matrix is constructed, such that the closed-loop system pencil is regular and of index one provided the infinite poles of the system are controllable. There are extensions to restricted distance to instability and to semi-explicit systems.