Discrete-time delay systems: part 1. Global fully actuated case

A basic introduction to the fully actuated system (FAS) approaches for discrete-time systems with delays is given. Firstly, general dynamical discrete-time FAS models with time-varying state delays and constant input delays are proposed. The FAS models are classified into affine ones and non-affine ones, and also ones with and without interconnections. Secondly, controllers for such FASs are designed, which result in constant linear closed-loop systems with arbitrarily assignable eigenstructure. Different from the case of FAS with state delays only, the controller for a discrete-time FAS with an input delay involves a prediction scheme which is constructed based on the open-loop system. The contribution of this paper has laid a fundamental basis for FAS approaches to discrete-time delay systems, and further specific analysis and design problems can be established similar to the continuous-time system case.