SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol.38, No.4, 1033-1049, 2000
Linear systems with prescribed similarity structural invariants
The problem of the existence of linear systems (x) over dot (t) = Ax (t) + Bu (t) with prescribed structural invariants for system similarity is studied. Namely, we solve the problem of the existence of such a system with prescribed controllability indices, Hermite indices, and invariant factors when the invariant factors of A (which are also invariants under system similarity) are given.