Finite dimensional approximations of distributed parameter control systems

In this paper we consider two separate approaches to the development of finite dimensional control systems for approximating distributed parameter models. One method uses the “standard finite element” approximations to construct the basic system matrices. The resulting system can then be balanced by...

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Main Author: Hill, David Dean
Other Authors: Mathematics
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54383
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Summary:In this paper we consider two separate approaches to the development of finite dimensional control systems for approximating distributed parameter models. One method uses the “standard finite element” approximations to construct the basic system matrices. The resulting system can then be balanced by any of several balancing algorithms. The second method is based on truncating infinite dimensional balanced realizations of the input-output map. Both approaches are applied to a control problem governed by the heat equation. We present a comparison of the resulting finite dimensional models. === Ph. D.