ObservabilityMatrix[ssm]
gives the observability matrix of the state-space model ssm.
 
     
   ObservabilityMatrix
ObservabilityMatrix[ssm]
gives the observability matrix of the state-space model ssm.
Details
 
     
   - For a standard state-space model:
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       continuous-time system  discrete-time system 
- The observability matrix is given by  , where , where is the dimension of is the dimension of . .
- For a descriptor state-space model:
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       continuous-time system  discrete-time system 
- The slow and fast subsystems can be decoupled as described in KroneckerModelDecomposition:
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       slow subsystem  fast subsystem  output equation 
- ObservabilityMatrix returns a pair of matrices  , based on the decoupled slow and fast subsystems. The matrices , based on the decoupled slow and fast subsystems. The matrices and and are defined as follows, where are defined as follows, where is the dimension of is the dimension of , and , and is the nilpotency index of is the nilpotency index of . .
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       slow subsystem  fast subsystem 
- The observability matrices only exist for descriptor systems in which Det[λ e-a]≠0 for some λ.
Examples
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Properties & Relations (3)
A system is observable if and only if its observability matrix has full rank:
The observability matrix of a discrete-time system does not depend on the sampling period:
A descriptor system gives one matrix for the slow subsystem and one for the fast subsystem:
Complete observability requires both matrices to be full rank:
Observability of the slow subsystem is determined by the first matrix:
Related Guides
Text
Wolfram Research (2010), ObservabilityMatrix, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ObservabilityMatrix.html (updated 2012).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2010. "ObservabilityMatrix." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2012. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ObservabilityMatrix.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2010). ObservabilityMatrix. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ObservabilityMatrix.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_observabilitymatrix, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ObservabilityMatrix}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ObservabilityMatrix.html}", note=[Accessed: 30-October-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_observabilitymatrix, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ObservabilityMatrix}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ObservabilityMatrix.html}, note=[Accessed: 30-October-2025]}