General Reconfiguration Problem

Abstract

In this chapter, a formal definition of the reconfiguration problem is developed. While the general idea of reconfiguration may appear obvious, there are many different ways to formulate the problem (several common approaches are listed in Patton [1997]). The problem formulation developed here is special for two reasons. On the one hand, it is kept as simple as possible. Only the minimal number of signals is used, and the definition is kept strictly within the theory of continuous (linear or nonlinear) time-invariant systems. On the other hand, as few assumptions as possible are made during the problem formulation, so as to keep it as general as possible.