International Journal of Control, Vol.69, No.1, 111-130, 1998
Structural properties of column (row) reduced MFDs
Certain Matrix Fraction Descriptions (MFDs) are shown to possess important structural properties in their ability to display the infinite pole (respectively zero) structure of a rational transfer function matrix. Among a number of results, two algorithms are developed, the combination of which produce such an MFD displaying the complete infinite frequency structure of a rational transfer function matrix; and a simply checked necessary and sufficient condition for when the given MFD displays the complete infinite pole-zero structure information is provided.