Regulation as an interpolation problem (Q677145)

A multivariable constant linear regulator problem is considered as an interpolation problem for a function which is a multi-variable version of the Nyquist curve. The authors' result is applied to obtain a simple parametrization of all solutions. The parametrization is some specialization of the Kučera-Youla parametrization of all stabilizing compensators, which can be represented as \(C_0-P(s)Q(s)\) where \(Q(s)\) is free, constrained in the case when the compensator \(C_0(s)\) is a regulator, i.e. it satisfies both the internal stability requirement and the regulation requirement. The authors' result can be seen as an instance of the internal model principle of Wonham-Francis.