Characteristic Modeling Approach for High-Order Linear Dynamical Systems

This article presents a full mathematical proof of the characteristic modeling approach for high-order linear dynamical systems. It explores the nature of the characteristic model in rigorous mathematical forms, also showing why and how the high-order dynamics can be compressed into the lower-order characteristic model. The relationships between high-order linear continuous dynamical systems, discrete-time characteristic model coefficients, and sampling-time intervals are investigated.