“A Recursive Algorithm for the Reduction of Block Diagrams”
Authors: Trond Andresen,Affiliation: NTNU, Department of Engineering Cybernetics
Reference: 1991, Vol 12, No 1, pp. 47-56.
Keywords: Block diagram reduction, recursive algorithm, transfer matrix, time delay
Abstract: A recursive algorithm to compute input-output relationships in a network of rational transfer functions (a block diagram) is derived. Initially all transfer functions are disconnected. For each step in the algorithm, a new transfer function in the network is connected to the system. One application of the algorithm is to find the transfer matrix of a linear multivariable system given on state space form. The algorithm is advantageous when one needs repeated computations of a transfer matrix in a multivariable system for successive changes in one or a few parameters in the system. The transfer matrix for a multivariable linear system with one time delay, and the exact frequency response in the case of several time delays, are derived.
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DOI: 10.4173/mic.1991.1.4References:
[1] HOROWITZ, I.M. (1963). Synthesis of Feedback Systems, Academic Press, N.Y. and London.
[2] OGATA, K. (1967). State Space Analysis of Control Systems, Prentice-Hall, N.-J.
BibTeX:
@article{MIC-1991-1-4,
title={{A Recursive Algorithm for the Reduction of Block Diagrams}},
author={Andresen, Trond},
journal={Modeling, Identification and Control},
volume={12},
number={1},
pages={47--56},
year={1991},
doi={10.4173/mic.1991.1.4},
publisher={Norwegian Society of Automatic Control}
};