Complete observability of differential-algebraic systems with delays

We study the statement and solvability of complete observability problems for linear stationary differential-algebraic dynamical systems with delays (DAD systems. Since in the general case, the state space of such systems is infinite-dimensional and is not necessarily “minimal,” we consider various statements of problems depending on what states are observed. Our attention is focused on the simplest DAD system in symmetric form. We obtain efficient parametric criteria and analyze relationships between various notions of complete observability for DAD systems. In the case of DAD systems with scalar coefficients, we obtain a complete classification of notions of complete observability in the class of continuous initial functions with the continuous matching condition. We analyze the problem of computing the minimum number of outputs of a spectrally observable DAD system.