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This is a simple teaching example to illustrate compensator design via
observer/state-feedback methods.
\begin{itemize}
\item Each tank is identical and of unit cross section.
\item Each tank has an identical inflow $f_1 = u$
\item Each outflow is different and given by $\sigma_i v_i$ for $i=1$
and $i=2$ where $v_i$ is the volume of liquid in tank i and
$\sigma_i$ the corresponding discharge coefficient. The net outflow
is thus $y = f_2 = \sigma_1 v_1 + \sigma_2 v_2$.
\item The system states are taken to be:
\begin{equation}
x =
\begin{pmatrix}
v_1 \\ v_2
\end{pmatrix}
\end{equation}
\end{itemize}
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