Boundary realization method for interval linear dynamic systems (Q2568648)

The authors study the state space realization problem for interval linear dynamic discrete-time systems. Given a sequence of \(p\times m\) interval matrices \({\mathbf A}_i\), \(i= 1,2,\dots\), an algebraic interval realization consists in finding the dimension \(n\) and a triple of interval matrices \(({\mathbf F},{\mathbf G},{\mathbf H})\in\mathbb{I}\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}\times \mathbb{I}\mathbb{R}^{n\times m}\times \mathbb{I}\mathbb{R}^{p\times n}\) such that the equations \({\mathbf A}_i= {\mathbf H}{\mathbf F}^{i-1}{\mathbf G}:= {\mathbf H}({\mathbf F}({\mathbf F}(\cdots({\mathbf F}({\mathbf F}{\mathbf G}))\cdots)))\), \(i= 1,2,\dots\), are satisfied. Conditions for the existence of such realizations are derived. For particular situations these realizations are given explicitly. Numerical examples illustrate the theory.