Routh-type model reduction revisited
A computationally simple method for generating reduced-order models that minimise the norm of the approximation error while preserving a number of second-order information indices as well as the steady-state value of the step response, is presented. The method exploits the energy-conservation property peculiar to the Routh reduction method and the interpolation property of the -optimal approximation. Two examples taken from the relevant literature show that the suggested techniques may lead to...