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Main Authors: Schaa, Janina, Berger, Thomas
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05395
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author Schaa, Janina
Berger, Thomas
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Berger, Thomas
contents Data-driven control offers a powerful alternative to traditional model-based methods, particularly when accurate system models are unavailable or prohibitively complex. While existing data-driven control methods primarily aim to construct controllers directly from measured data, our approach uses the available data to assess fundamental system-theoretic properties. This allows the informed selection of suitable control strategies without explicit model identification. We provide data-based conditions characterizing the (vector) relative degree and the stability of the zero dynamics, which are critical for ensuring proper performance of modern controllers. Our results cover both single- and multi-input/output settings of discrete-time linear systems. We further show how a continuous-time system can be reconstructed from three sampling discretizations obtained via Zero-order Hold at suitable sampling times, thus allowing the extension of the results to the combined data collected from these discretizations. All results can be applied directly to observed data sets using the proposed algorithms.
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spellingShingle Data-Based Analysis of Relative Degree and Zero Dynamics in Linear Systems
Schaa, Janina
Berger, Thomas
Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
93B15, 93B20
Data-driven control offers a powerful alternative to traditional model-based methods, particularly when accurate system models are unavailable or prohibitively complex. While existing data-driven control methods primarily aim to construct controllers directly from measured data, our approach uses the available data to assess fundamental system-theoretic properties. This allows the informed selection of suitable control strategies without explicit model identification. We provide data-based conditions characterizing the (vector) relative degree and the stability of the zero dynamics, which are critical for ensuring proper performance of modern controllers. Our results cover both single- and multi-input/output settings of discrete-time linear systems. We further show how a continuous-time system can be reconstructed from three sampling discretizations obtained via Zero-order Hold at suitable sampling times, thus allowing the extension of the results to the combined data collected from these discretizations. All results can be applied directly to observed data sets using the proposed algorithms.
title Data-Based Analysis of Relative Degree and Zero Dynamics in Linear Systems
topic Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
93B15, 93B20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05395