15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control
  Barcelona, 21–26 July 2002 
ON A DETECTABILITY CONCEPT OF DISCRETE-TIME INFINITE MARKOV JUMP LINEAR SYSTEMS
Eduardo F. Costa* João B. R. do Val*,1
Marcelo D. Fragoso
* UNICAMP - FEEC, Depto. de Telemática, C.P. 6101,
13081-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
** LNCC/CNPq, Av. Getulio Vargas 333, Quitandinha,
25651-070, Petrópolis, RJ, Brazil

This paper introduces a concept of detectability for discrete-time infinite Markov jump linear systems that relates the stochastic convergence of the output with the stochastic convergence of the state. It is shown that the new concept generalizes a known stochastic detectability concept and, in the finite dimension scenario, it is reduced to the weak detectability concept. It is also shown that the detectability concept proposed here retrieves the well known property of linear deterministic systems that observability is stricter than detectability.
Keywords: Stochastic jump processes, Markov parameters, Markov models, systems concepts, observability

1Corresponding Author: Fax: 55-19-3289 1395
Session slot T-Fr-M03: Estimation of Stochastic Systems/Area code 3d : Stochastic Systems