Impulse response of bilinear systems based on Volterra series representation
Provides theoretical foundations for bilinear system analysis, relevant to control theory and signal processing communities.
The paper derives an input-output frequency-domain representation for bilinear systems using Volterra series, obtains the impulse response to a nascent delta function, and establishes its relationship with Volterra kernels. No concrete numerical results are provided.
This paper focuses on the systems theory of bilinear dynamical systems using the Volterra series representation. The main contributions are threefold. First, we gain an input-output representation in the frequency domain, where the Laplace transform of the kernels can indeed be interpreted as transfer functions. Then, we derive the response of bilinear systems to a nascent delta function in time domain, i.e. the impulse response of bilinear systems. Finally, we study the relationships between this novel impulse response and the well-known Volterra kernels and adjust those to be compatible to the impulse response.