Robust eigenstructure assignment in geometric control theory

In this paper we employ the Rosenbrock system matrix pencil for the computation of output-nulling subspaces of linear time-invariant systems which appear in the solution of a large number of control and estimation problems. We also consider the problem of finding friends of these output-nulling subspaces, i.e., the feedback matrices that render such subspaces invariant with respect to the closed-loop map and output-nulling with respect to the output map, and which at the same time deliver a robust closed-loop eigenstructure. We show that the methods presented in this paper offer considerably more robust eigenstructure assignment than the other commonly used methods and algorithms

On the computation of the fundamental subspaces for descriptor systems

In this paper, we investigate several theoretical and computational aspects of fundamental subspaces for linear time-invariant descriptor systems, which appear in the solution of many control and estimation problems. Different types of reachability and controllability for descriptor systems are described and discussed. The Rosenbrock system matrix pencil is employed for the computation of supremal output-nulling subspaces and supremal output-nulling reachability subspaces for descriptor systems