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In the case of multi-input multi-output systems, we define the transfer matrix
, whose elements
relate each output
to each input
,
assuming zero both the remaining entries
, and the initial conditions
(fig. 3.18).
Fig. 3.18 Continuous multi-input, multi-output system.
Each individual transfer function element
is given by the relation
(3.31)
and assuming no initial conditions, we derive each of the system output, following
the expressions
(3.32)
which can be transformed to a vector notation
(3.33)
assuming there are no initial conditions, with
…
and
…
.
3.6 The State Space Approach
The state of a dynamic system is defined by the minimum set of variables
,
,…,
such that the knowledge of the value of
together with the knowledge of the input
,
, completely determines the