State Space ODE Solver
statespace(init, t1, t2, intvls, A, [B, u])—Returns the solution to a system of linear, first order ordinary differential equations of the following form:
where
x(t)
is a vector of unknown states.
A(t)
is the coupling, or state matrix between the functions in the vector x(t).
B(t)
is an input matrix that describes the coupling between terms in the input vector u(t).
u(t) is the input vector.
The function returns an (intvls+1)×(n+1) solution matrix, where n is the number of unknown states. The first column of the matrix contains the values of t at which the solutions are evaluated. These values are (intvls+1) evenly spaced numbers between t1 and t2. The remaining columns contain the values of the solutions x0, x1, ..., xn-1 corresponding to the values of t in the first column.
Arguments
init is a column vector of initial conditions, whose length is the number of unknown states.
t1 is a real number specifying the starting point of the integration interval.
t2 is a real number specifying the ending point of the integration interval.
intvls is the integer number of discretization intervals used to interpolate the solution function. The number of solution points is the number of intervals + 1.
A is an n × n matrix function of the form A(t), where n is the number of unknown states. The entries of A(t) are functions of the independent variable t.
B (optional) is an n × k matrix or vector function of the form B(t), whose entries are functions of t.
u (optional) is a k × 1 vector or real scalar function of the form u(t), whose entries are functions of t.
u is required if you provide the argument B.
x (optional) is a k × 1 vector or real scalar function of the form x(t), whose entries are functions of t.
x is required if you provide the argument A.
Additional Information
This notation, in which x(t) represents a vector of unknowns for the independent variable t, differs from the notation used in the Help pages for the other ODE solvers, in which the letter x represents the independent variable and y(x) represents the vector of unknowns.
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