Stabilization of positive linear systems

We consider stabilization of equilibrium points of positive linear systems which are in the interior of the first orthant. The existence of an interior equilibrium point implies that the system matrix does not possess eigenvalues in the open right half plane. This allows to transform the problem to the stabilization problem of compartmental systems, which is known and for which a solution has been proposed already. We provide necessary and sufficient conditions to solve the stabilization problem by means of affine state feedback. A class of stabilizing feedbacks is given explicitly.