H2-PSEUDO OPTIMAL MODEL FOLLOWING: A GEOMETRIC APPROACH

The paper proposes a very straightforward change of the general layout of the geometric approach to the feedforward and feedback model following problems for nonminimum-phase systems. The design technique relies on the replacement of the output matrix of the controlled system with an equally dimensioned matrix ensuring H2-optimality in the standard disturbance decoupling problem, while maintaining the relative degree and the steady-state gain of the original system. The new matrix is derived by applying the standard geometric approach tools to the Hamiltonian system instead of the original plant.