On classical state space realisability of quadratic input–output differential equations

Abstract

This article studies the realisability property of continuous-time quadratic input–output (i/o) equations in the classical state space form. Constraints on the parameters of the quadratic i/o model are suggested that lead to realisable models. The complete list of second- and third-order realisable i/o quadratic models is given and two subclasses of the n-th order realisable i/o quadratic systems are suggested. Our conditions rely basically upon the property that certain combinations of coefficients of the i/o equations are zero or not zero. We provide explicit state equations for realisable second-order quadratic i/o equations, and for one realisable subclass of quadratic i/o equations of arbitrary order.