Prior knowledge and Markov parameters of linear time-invariant models

Abstract

In many practical cases, the engineer has access to prior knowledge like rough values of the DC-gain or the main time constant of the system. In order to improve the accuracy of subspace-based identification techniques using the model Markov parameters, we derive in this short paper the direct links between these impulse response coefficients and this prior information. The next step will consist in introducing this prior knowledge explicitly in Kung's algorithm thank to dedicated equality and equality constraints.