Lectures on algebraic system theory
Subtitle: linear systems over rings
By: Edward W. Kamen.
Contributors: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office.
Series: NASA contractor report ; 3016; NASA contractor report -- NASA CR-3016.
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office; for sale by the National Technical Information Service
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Washington; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: System theory.; Algebras, Linear.; Rings (Algebra)
Notes: Prepared for Ames Research Center, by Georgia Institute of Technology, under contract A-43119-B.

Issued July 1878.

Includes bibliographic references.
Table of contents: value: 1. Introduction: linear systems over fields, discrete-time systems over a ring of scalars, continuous-time systems over rings of operators, discrete-time systems over a ring of operators, additional examples; 2. Representation and Realization Theory: abstract systems over rings, problem of realization, example; 3. Reachability, Observability, and Duality: discrete-time systems over a ring of scalars, continuous-time systems over a ring of delay operators, abstract systems; 4. Controllers and Observers: introduction, assignability, single-input case, multi-input case, example, observers; 5. Linear Time-Varying Systems: introduction, system description and properties, cyclicity, example; References