On the сontrollability, observability, and optimization of discrete nonstationary linear Volterra systems

In this article, we study discrete nonstationary linear dynamic systems of Volterra type. An essential feature of such kind of systems is that their current states depend on the previous states of this system. The formula Cauchy, which gives us the solution of linear Volterra systems with the control inputs, is obtained. The necessary and sufficient conditions of the pointwise controllability, pointwise output controllability, and observability are proven. Also the linear-quadratic optimization problem for the nonstationary Volterra control systems is studied.