title: Properties of blocked linear systems.
abstract: This paper presents a systematic study on the properties of blocked linear systems that have resulted from blocking discrete-time linear time invariant systems. The main idea is to explore the relationship between the blocked and the unblocked systems. Existing results are reviewed and a number of important new results are derived. Focus is given particularly on the zero properties of the blocked system as no such study has been found in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
authors.forename: Weitian
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Brian D O
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Deistler
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Filler
keywords: Linear systems; System blocking or lifting; System zeros