Tadeusz Kaczorek - Böcker

In the last decade a dynamic development in positive systems has been observed. Roughly speaking, positive systems are systems whose inputs, state variables and outputs take only nonnegative values. Examples of positive systems are industrial processes involving chemical reactors, heat exchangers and distillation columns, storage systems, compartmental systems, water and atmospheric pollution models. A variety of models having positive linear system behaviour can be found in engineering, management science, economics, social sciences, biology and medicine, etc. The basic mathematical tools for analysis and synthesis of linear systems are linear spaces and the theory of linear operators. Positive linear systems are defined on cones and not on linear spaces. This is why the theory of positive systems is more complicated and less advanced. The theory of positive systems has some elements in common with theories of linear and non-linear systems. Schematically the relationship between the theories of linear, non-linear and positive systems is shown in the following figure Figure 1.

Matrices are effective tools for modelling and analysing dynamical systems. Professor Kaczorek reviews new results in the application of polynomial and rational matrices to continuous- and discrete-time systems. The book begins with important basics such as the Cayley–Hamilton theorem and elementary operations of polynomial and rational matrices and moves on to cover such topics as: normal matrices (including their realisation); rational and algebraic polynomial matrix equations; perfect observers for and realisation of linear systems; and new results on positive linear discrete- and continuous-time systems with delays.The text concludes with an appendix describing definitions and theorems relevant to controllability and observability in linear systems."Polynomial and Rational Matrices" will be valuable to researchers in control and/or system theory and will provide useful reference material for graduates studying courses in electronic and computer engineering, mechatronics and electrical engineering.

Matrices are effective tools for modelling and analysing dynamical systems. Professor Kaczorek reviews new results in the application of polynomial and rational matrices to continuous- and discrete-time systems. The book begins with important basics such as the Cayley–Hamilton theorem and elementary operations of polynomial and rational matrices and moves on to cover such topics as: normal matrices (including their realisation); rational and algebraic polynomial matrix equations; perfect observers for and realisation of linear systems; and new results on positive linear discrete- and continuous-time systems with delays.The text concludes with an appendix describing definitions and theorems relevant to controllability and observability in linear systems."Polynomial and Rational Matrices" will be valuable to researchers in control and/or system theory and will provide useful reference material for graduates studying courses in electronic and computer engineering, mechatronics and electrical engineering.

This book covers some selected problems of the descriptor integer and fractional order positive continuous-time and discrete-time systems. The book consists of 3 chapters, 4 appendices and the list of references. Chapter 1 is devoted to descriptor integer order continuous-time and discrete-time linear systems.

This book covers some selected problems of the descriptor integer and fractional order positive continuous-time and discrete-time systems. The book consists of 3 chapters, 4 appendices and the list of references. Chapter 1 is devoted to descriptor integer order continuous-time and discrete-time linear systems.

This book addresses the realization problem of positive and fractional continuous-time and discrete-time linear systems. The realization problem for linear systems described by differential operators, the realization problem in the Weierstrass canonical forms and of the descriptor linear systems for given Markov parameters are addressed.

This monograph covers some selected problems of positive and fractional electrical circuits composed of resistors, coils, capacitors and voltage (current) sources. The book consists of 8 chapters, 4 appendices and a list of references. Chapter 1 is devoted to fractional standard and positive continuous-time and discrete-time linear systems without and with delays. In chapter 2 the standard and positive fractional electrical circuits are considered and the fractional electrical circuits in transient states are analyzed. Descriptor linear electrical circuits and their properties are investigated in chapter 3, while chapter 4 is devoted to the stability of fractional standard and positive linear electrical circuits. The reachability, observability and reconstructability of fractional positive electrical circuits and their decoupling zeros are analyzed in chapter 5. The fractional linear electrical circuits with feedbacks are considered in chapter 6. In chapter 7 solutions of minimum energy control for standard and fractional systems with and without bounded inputs is presented. In chapter 8 the fractional continuous-time 2D linear systems described by the Roesser type models are investigated.

This book addresses the realization problem of positive and fractional continuous-time and discrete-time linear systems. The realization problem for linear systems described by differential operators, the realization problem in the Weierstrass canonical forms and of the descriptor linear systems for given Markov parameters are addressed.

This monograph covers some selected problems of positive and fractional electrical circuits composed of resistors, coils, capacitors and voltage (current) sources. The book consists of 8 chapters, 4 appendices and a list of references. Chapter 1 is devoted to fractional standard and positive continuous-time and discrete-time linear systems without and with delays. In chapter 2 the standard and positive fractional electrical circuits are considered and the fractional electrical circuits in transient states are analyzed. Descriptor linear electrical circuits and their properties are investigated in chapter 3, while chapter 4 is devoted to the stability of fractional standard and positive linear electrical circuits. The reachability, observability and reconstructability of fractional positive electrical circuits and their decoupling zeros are analyzed in chapter 5. The fractional linear electrical circuits with feedbacks are considered in chapter 6. In chapter 7 solutions of minimum energy control for standard and fractional systems with and without bounded inputs is presented. In chapter 8 the fractional continuous-time 2D linear systems described by the Roesser type models are investigated.