J-lossless factorization and H control for discrete-time systems (Q4259077)

\((J,J')\)-lossless factorization and the chain-scattering representation of a plant have been proposed as a theoretical framework of \(H^\infty\) control for continuous-time systems. Recently, these notions were extended to disrete-time systems. The extensions were by no means straightforward and they clarified the essential differences between continuous-time and discrete-time cases. Here, the discrete-time \(H^\infty\) control problem is solved based on the extension of \((J,J')\)-lossless factorization to discrete-time systems. A necessary and sufficient condition for the solvability of the control problem is obtained. The condition is represented in terms of two Riccati solutions as in continuous-time cases, but their structures are much more complicated than in the continuous-time cases. The results are not new, systematic, self-obtained and most general, but the derivation is completely new, demonstrating an intrinsic characteristic feature of discrete-time \(H^\infty\) control which has not been exposed by the existing methods based on the direct analogies to continuous-time systems including the bilinear transformation.