Reduced order observer design for discrete-time nonlinear systems

This work is a geometric study of reduced order observer design for discrete-time nonlinear systems. Our reduced order observer design is applicable for Lyapunov stable discrete-time nonlinear systems with a linear output equation and is a generalization of Luenberger’s reduced order observer design for linear systems. We establish the error convergence for the reduced order estimator for discrete-time nonlinear systems using the center manifold theory for maps. We illustrate our reduced order observer construction for discrete-time nonlinear systems with an example.