This contribution deals with arbitrary pole assignability by means of static output feedback for linear time-invariant MIMO systems. The application of tools from algebraic geometry allows to derive conditions of arbitrary pole assignability. Each admissible static feedback law may be interpreted as a point at a Grassmannian manifold within a projective space. Assuming the number of scalar inputs multiplied by the number of scalar outputs to be greater than the dynamic order of the plant, a necessary and a sufficient condition of arbitrary pole assignability are formulated and proved. The authors present a procedure for determining a static output feedback matrix by means of which the desired pole placement is achieved. A nontrivial example system is treated to completely illustrate the individual steps of the procedure.
Print ISSN: 0178-2312
Volume: 52, 09/2004
Pages: 432 - 439