discretization of continuous systems


Consider a continuous-time system with the following state space representation

P:  {x˙⁢(t)=A⁢x⁢(t)+B⁢u⁢(t),y⁢(t)=C⁢x⁢(t)+D⁢u⁢(t), (1)

where x⁢(t)∈ℝn, u⁢(t)∈ℝr and y⁢(t)∈ℝm are the state vector, input vector and output vector of the system, respectively; A∈ℝn×n, B∈ℝn×r, C∈ℝm×n and D∈ℝm×r are the constant real or complex matrices.

Suppose that the sampling interval is τ. By using the step invariance transform or the zero-order hold (ZOH), i.e., u⁢(t)=u⁢(k⁢τ),k⁢τ≤t<(k+1)⁢τ, discretizing the system in (1) gives a discrete-time model,

Pτ:  {x⁢(k⁢τ+τ)=Gτ⁢x⁢(k⁢τ)+Fτ⁢u⁢(k⁢τ),y⁢(k⁢τ)=C⁢x⁢(k⁢τ)+D⁢u⁢(k⁢τ),k=0,1,2,⋯ (2)

where x(kτ)=x(t)|t=k⁢τ, y(kτ)=y(t)|t=k⁢τ, and

Gτ:=eA⁢τ,Fτ:=∫0τeA⁢t⁢dt⁢B. (3)
Title discretization of continuous systems
Canonical name DiscretizationOfContinuousSystems
Date of creation 2013-03-22 15:50:45
Last modified on 2013-03-22 15:50:45
Owner mathcam (2727)
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Author mathcam (2727)
Entry type Topic
Classification msc 93C55
Synonym Transform