A design procedure for pole assignment using output feedback

Abstract A new design procedure is presented for assigning closed-loop eigenvalues of multi-variable, linear systems using output feedback control. Subject to certain mild restrictions, the number of poles which can be assigned to arbitrary, distinct locations is mill [m + r − 1, n], where m, r and n are the dimensions of the output, control and state vectors, respectively. The design procedure provides an extension of the results of Davison and Chatterjee (1971) and Jameson (1970) but allows a significantly larger number of eigenvalues to be assigned. The simplicity of the design procedure is demonstrated by a numerical example.