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Descriptor System Techniques and Software Tools

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The role of the descriptor system representation as a basis for reliable numerical computations for system analysis and synthesis, and in particular, for the manipulation of rational matrices, is discussed and available robust numerical software tools are described.

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Varga, A. (2020). Descriptor System Techniques and Software Tools. In: Baillieul, J., Samad, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_100054-1

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