Condensed structural solutions to the disturbance rejection and decoupling problems with stability (Q4485316)

For the linear system \(\dot x(t)=Ax(t) + Bu(t)+ Ed(t)\), \(y(t)=Cx(t)\) one wants to design a feedback of the form \(u(t) = Fx(t) + Hd(t)\) such that (i) the closed loop system is stable, (ii) the disturbance \(d\) has no influence on the output \(y\), and (iii) the \(j\)th input only influences the \(j\)th output. Under the assumptions that the system is controllable and right invertible the authors give simple necessary and sufficient condition for the solvability of the above problem. The results are formulated in terms of the total content of the system and a subsystem. The total content is the sum of the orders of the zeros at infinity plus the sum of the orders of the unstable zeros.