An approach to designing a constrained output-feedback predictive controller that has the same small-signal properties as a pre-existing output-feedback linear time invariant controller is proposed. Systematic guidelines are proposed to select an appropriate (non-unique) realization of the resulting state observer. A method is proposed to transform a class of offset-free reference tracking controllers into the combination of an observer, steady-state target calculator and predictive controller. The procedure is demonstrated with a numerical example.This work was supported by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council grant EP/G030308/1, the European Space Agency and EADS Astrium.This is the author's version of an article that has been published in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. Changes were made to this version by the publisher prior to publication. The final version of record is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2013.2258781 (c) 2013 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works
