A general approach to input-output pseudolinearization for nonlinear systems (Q4506552)

Approaches for approximate linearization of a nonlinear system's input-output behaviour are of interest when exact linearization is impossible or when a feedback law that achieves approximate input-output linearization is easier to construct (and still delivers adequate performance). Input-output pseudolinearization was recently introduced as one such method for approximate input-output linearization. (The term pseudolinearization was adopted due to similarities with the original work on approximate input-output linearization.) A nonlinear system is said to be input-output pseudolinearized if its family of linearizations about constant operating points has input-output behaviour, as characterized by a family of transfer functions, that is independent of the particular operating point. The problem of constructing static state feedback laws that achieve input-output pseudolinearization for a general class of nonlinear systems is considered in this paper. A generalization of the structure algorithm for the case of parametrized families of linear systems is introduced for the purpose of providing an explicit construction of static state feedback laws that achieve input-output pseudolinearization. The paper is (as expected) very technical -- an example would have been quite helpful.