
Chapter 4 Frequency-Weighted Error Reduction
Xmath Model Reduction Module 4-6 ni.com
• Form the reduced controller by interconnecting using negative 
feedback the second output of Gr to the input, that is, set
Nothing has been said as to how   should be chosen—and the end result 
of the reduction, Cr(s), depends on  . Nor has the reduction procedure 
been specified. 
When C(s) has been designed to combine a state estimator with a 
stabilizing feedback law, it turns out that there is a natural choice for  . 
As for the reduction procedure, one possibility is to use a weight based 
on the spectrum of the input signals to G—and in case C(s) has been 
determined by an LQG optimal design, this spectrum turns out to be white, 
that is, independent of frequency, so that no weight (apart perhaps from 
scaling) is needed. A second possibility is to use a weight based on a 
stability robustness measure. These points are now discussed in more 
detail. 
To understand the construction of a natural fractional representation for 
C(s), suppose that   and let KR, KE be matrices such 
that A–BKR and A–KEC are stable. The controller
generates an estimate   of the feedback control  . The controller 
can be represented as a series compensator
(with compensator input y and output u). Allowing for connection with 
negative feedback, the compensator transfer function matrix is:
Crs() nr
drer
+
---------------=
d
dr
ds()
Ps() CsI A–()
1–B=
x
ˆ
·Ax
ˆBu KECx
ˆy–()–+=
uK
Rx
ˆ
–=
KRx
ˆ
–KRx–
x
ˆ
·Ax
ˆBKRx
ˆKECx
ˆKEy+–+=
uK
Rx
ˆ
–=
Cs() KRsI A BKRKEC
++–()
1–KE
=