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Linear time-invariant systems are very popular models in system theory and applications. A fundamental problem in system identification that remains rather unaddressed in extant literature is to leverage commonalities amongst related linear…
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We introduce a model reduction approach for linear time-invariant second order systems based on positive real balanced truncation. Our method guarantees asymptotic stability and passivity of the reduced order model as well as the positive…
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