Hung, Nguyen T.Anderson, Brian D.O.2026-01-022026-01-020191-2216ORCID:/0000-0002-1493-4774/work/174739801https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733803003A novel technique is presented for the design of multivariable control systems. A stable and proper precompensator is to be determined for a multivariable plant such that the compensated plant transfer function matrix is triangular and diagonally dominant in a nonstandard way. As a conseuqnce of the triangular-diagonal-dominance property, only the diagonal elements need to be considered in an overall closed-loop design. In effect, the technique provides a systematic procedure to reduce a multivariable design problem to independent scalar design problems.6en197810.1109/cdc.1978.2680370018057297