Abstract
The purpose of this note is to describe a recent generalisation of the well-known Goursat normal form and explore its possible role in control theory. For instance, we give a new, straightforward, general procedure for linearising nonlinear control systems, including time-varying, fully nonlinear systems and we illustrate the method by elementary pedagogical examples. We also exhibit an apparently non-flat control system which can nevertheless be explicitly linearised and therefore posseses an infinite symmetry group
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Advances in the theory of control, signals and systems with physical modelling : Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences : 407 |
Editors | J Levine, P Mullhaupt |
Place of Publication | Germany |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 225-237 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Volume | 407 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783642161346 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Event | Advances in the theory of control, signals and systems with physical modelling - Lausanne, Switzerland Duration: 1 Jan 2009 → 30 Jun 2009 |
Conference
Conference | Advances in the theory of control, signals and systems with physical modelling |
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Country/Territory | Switzerland |
City | Lausanne |
Period | 1/01/09 → 30/06/09 |