International Journal of Control, Vol.74, No.4, 373-386, 2001
Structured time-delay systems: a graph approach
In this paper, linear structured systems with delays are defined and a simple graph representation for these systems is given. Then, the generic controllability of time-delay systems is introduced and a graph criterion for controllability is provided. The generic row-by-row decoupling problem without prediction of such systems is then studied and graphical necessary and sufficient solvability conditions for this problem is derived.