English

On the equivalence of model-based and data-driven approaches to the design of unknown-input observers

Dynamical Systems 2025-01-03 v2

Abstract

In this paper we investigate a data-driven approach to the design of an unknown-input observer (UIO). Specifically, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of an unknown-input observer for a discrete-time linear time-invariant (LTI) system, designed based only on some available data, obtained on a finite time window. We also prove that, under weak assumptions on the collected data, the solvability conditions derived by means of the data-driven approach are in fact equivalent to those obtained through the model-based one. In other words, the data-driven conditions do not impose further constraints with respect to the classic model-based ones, expressed in terms of the original system matrices.

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@article{arxiv.2311.00673,
  title  = {On the equivalence of model-based and data-driven approaches to the design of unknown-input observers},
  author = {Giorgia Disarò and Maria Elena Valcher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.00673},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

This is the revised version of a paper that is currently under review (resubmission date: April 16, 2024)