Questions tagged [system-identification]
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Why can't Adaptive filter able to identify a system if we choose an exponential decaying input signal?
I am using the following basic block diagram for System Identification using Adaptive filter:
Here, i have used $4th$ order fir filter $h(n)$ [having weights $h=\{ 0.5 , \, 0.3 , \, 0.2 , \, 0.9 , \, ...
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Difference equation system identification
Suppose I have a difference equation modeling a vehicle like this:
$$d[k+1]=d[k]+a\cdot u[k]+b,\tag1\label{eq}$$
where $d[k]$ is total distance traveled at time $k$, $u[k]$ is engine input at time $k$ ...
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Region of root locus not inside the feasible region for a given performance specification
I wanted to plot the root locus for a system, whose plant transfer function is
$$
P(s)= \frac{k}{Ts+1}e^{-ts}.
$$
A PI controller was suggested for this system, and the task is to find $K_p$ and $K_i$...
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Bode plot from from step response data
For quality control, I want to measure the frequency response of hardware I built. What I can easily generate on the hardware is a step response. Thus, I want to derive the magnitude and phase from ...
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Transfer function estimation using System identification
I am posting a control system problem here because of this post reference: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/207787/is-there-a-control-theory-site
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I have input and output datasets. ...
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Given a system with Transfer Function and its desired output. Is it possible to find the required Input?
I'm currently working on an DC servomotor. I managed to find it transfer function using System Identification theory and Matlab.
The transfer function is given as
$$H(Z) = \frac{1 - 0.4952z^{-1} + 0....
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Estimation of Group Delay from Noisy Frequency Response Measurements
Consider a linear, time-invariant system. Noisy measurements of the magnitude and phase associated with the frequency response of the system are available over some dense generally non-uniform grid ...
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How to find the perfect regularization number?
I have an issue!
Assume that we are going to solve $Ax=b$ but $x$ contains noise.To minimize that noise we can use regularization:
$$x = (A^TA + \lambda I)^{-1}A^Tb$$
Where $\lambda$ is a small ...
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Why does this transfer function estimation not work? System identification
Goal:
I have an unknow dynmical system $G(s)$ and I want to find it from measurement data, output $y(t)$ and input $u(t)$. The data is frequency responses.
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I begun first with creating the ...
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Confusion regarding application of time invariance to flip system?
I am reading book signal processing first
Chapter 5
I am reading article of time invariance
Where author mentions example of a flip system as shown in attached photo ,i have drawn a red curve above ...
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Characterizing an unknown LTI system
What are the best approaches to characterize an unknown discrete time LTI system? I believe one of the approaches is to input a known input and measure the output to find a transfer function. What are ...
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Why is the error between the desired signal and estimated signal in the case of LMS filter remaining constant even after n number of iterations
I am giving white noise as input to an adaptive filter which is initialized to zero (value of filter coefficients of adaptive filter is 0). I am getting a desired response $d(n)$ by passing white ...
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Stabilizing the inverse transform of a system
Currently I try to understand an unknown mechatronic system. I used white noise as an input signal and measured the output of the system. Then I estimated a 2nd order transfer function (Output/Input) ...
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Non-linear system identification with random lag errors
I've been researching this topic for a little while and I haven't found anything particularly concrete. I'd very interested to know if there is an accepted solution for this problem, and whether there ...
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Confusion about systems involving integrals
$$y_1(t)=\int_a^tx(Ļ)dĻ$$
$$y_2(t)=\int_a^bx(t)dt$$
I'm confused about what are the input signals in each of these systems.
To my understanding, in the second case the input signal is $x$ since both ...
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Unstable plant transfer function identification
I would like to find the transfer function of an unknown unstable SISO plant.
If it was a stable plant, I would input a sine sweep and measure the frequency response at the output; but I cannot do ...
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SISO real data from any channel/system/process
I am looking for the dataset of single input - single output of any channel/system/process .
I want a dataset that looks like this matlab sample data :
dryer2
load dryer2;
it is SISO with u1 and ...
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Neural networks in system identification - What type of activation functions?
I made a free software for all operative systems, even Android. It's called Deeplearning2C. It can train a neural network and generate C code and MATLAB-code. C-code for embedded systems and MATLAB-...
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As of 2019, which discrete nonlinear, time-invariant systems with memory are considered “easy” to model and identify?
There are several types of discrete nonlinear time-invariant systems with memory ("NTIM") which are considered "easy" to model and identify. Any such system can be represented using a Volterra series, ...
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System Identification with a Limited Bandwidth Input Signal and Region of Interest
Given a FIR filter $h[n]$. Its action can described as:
$$
\mathbf{y} = \mathbf{H} \mathbf{x} \\
\mathbf{y} = \mathbf{X} \mathbf{h}
$$
where $\mathbf{H}$ and $\mathbf{X}$ is a Toeplitz matrix.
If $h$...
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Does $y[n] = x[n] \star (u[n]-u[n-2])$ have memory or is it memoryless?
$y[n] = x[n] \star (u[n]-u[n-2])$, by its definition is has to be a system with memory since it is depended from a fraction of time in the past, but if we calculate the difference $u[n]-u[n-2]$, it ...
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Why is White Noise so important in System Identification or Adaptive Filters
I'm looking to implement a feedback cancellation filter using Wiener Filtering, where an adaptive Wiener filter is used to cancel the feedback occurring in the path between a loudspeaker and a mic (...
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time invariance concept?
First of all ,please let me know?Is cosine time invariant or time variant?
If latter is the case then if a time varying input like cos is given to a time invariant system,how will it behave?
I have a ...
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Cost function for LTI system identification
I am currently reading and trying to understand a paper (Kulkarni and Colburn, 2004) that utilizes system identification methods to approximate head-related transfer functions.
The general approach ...
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Causal unstable system turn into stable anticausal?
I would appreciate it very much if someone would be able to provide some clarity, help or comment on this problem.
I have been reading several papers on time series identification such as
https://www....
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Protect an IIR filter from being reverse-engineered
I created a somewhat unique IIR filter and I want to protect the filter from being reverse-engineered
I think you all know it is quite easy to get all the different weights of an IIR by using impulse ...
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Active Noise cancellation for non periodic signals
I observed that the coded algorithm for active noise cancellation is not able to cancel some of the signals like a human voice. Is there any solution for this? Can we really cancel non-periodic ...
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Implementation of Block LMS
In the implementation of block LMS, i need one clarification.
In the 3rd step as shown in the figure attached, the summation over a product of input, $\mathbf{u}$ and error, $e$, associated with each ...
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system identification: MATLAB tfestimate gives different results for different Fs
So I have an experimental data; A is a chirp signal (sweep sine wave) and B is the response of the system. I identify the system as follows in MATLAB:
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Check if the system is linear
The system:
$$ T(x[n]) = ax[n] + bx[n-3] $$
For me it seems that the system is linear:
$$
\begin{align}
T(\alpha_1x_1[n]+\alpha_2x_2[n]) & = a(\alpha_1x_1[n]+\alpha_2x_2[n]) + b(\alpha_1x_1[n-...
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Determine whether the system is linear?
$T(x[n]) = ax[n] + b$
$ T(\alpha_{1}x_{1}[n] + \alpha_{2}x_{2}[n]) = \alpha_{1}ax_{1}[n]+ \alpha_{2}ax_{2} [n] +b $
$ \alpha_{1}T(x_{1}[n] ) + \alpha_{2}T(x_{2}[n]) = \alpha_{1}(ax[n]+b) + \alpha_{...
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Difference between causality and memorylessness
I have found the particular definitions.
Causality means that the output of the system does not depend on future inputs, but only on past input.
Memory-less - does not depend on previous values of ...
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MIT exercise 6.003 HW2 - Concept of system initially at rest
I am following the MIT open course you can find here. My question is about one of the exercises given as homework in the latter and more specifically I think I am missing something on the concept of "...
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Find filter coefficients to model a device using its measurement
I am trying to realize a digital filter that has the same freq. response of an existing speaker. I have fed an audio sine sweep to the speaker and measured the speaker output, both at 48kHz. Then I ...
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Optimising an input signal for a system to minimise distortion of output signal
I have a discrete time-series signal which I am able to process before passing it through a system which distorts said signal. This system cannot be altered and is non-linear, but a signal can be ...
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Black-box system identification procedure
I am fairly new to system identification (some background in DSP), and I am trying to use a linear black-box system identification procedure. I am specifically looking for recommendations of sources ...
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Python toolboxes for state-space estimation via subspace estimation
Is there (open-source) toolboxes for state-space estimation via subspace estimation in Python?
I know this is used in Matlab's n4sid function, but I didn't found any Python's implementation (even in ...
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Least Squares with Blocks / Updates
I have a continuous-time system that I want to fit via least squares. I just send $N$ digital samples $x[n]$ through the system and receive (via analog signal chain, ADC etc) $N$ digital samples $y[n]$...
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Causality as applied to capacitors
This question stems from a point of confusion that I still have about the causality, linearity, and time-invariance in LCCDEs. I wanted to use the capacitor as an example.
Consider a capacitor with ...
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Is $y[n]=x[n] * x[n^2]$ invertible?
Is the following system invertible or not?
$$y[n]=x[n] * x[n^2]$$ where $*$ stands for the aperiodic convolution operator. I have not been able to find a mathematically sufficient argument for it...
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Is it possible to estimate variance of noise for a step answer signal?
I know there is not possible to find the true noise of a measured signal. The only way to "find" the noise is to estimate the noise. Noise has the mean 0, but the variance varies.
So assume that we ...
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What is the difference equation or system function of this system?
I am having trouble figuring out what the difference equation or the system function for this system is? Here ''R'' represents the unit delay. The fact that the delay is not part of the feedback loop ...
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Model Validation After Estimation for System Identification Task (Assistance with MATLAB Code)
QUESTION: I want to determine how well the estimated model fits to the future new data. How do I validate the estimated model...what is the procedure? After system identification, how to do model ...
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What is the significance of a spike like autocorrelation function
I have some questions and doubts to which the answers are difficult to extract from text books. Hence I have posted this question here. Help would be extremely beneficial. Thank you.
(1) The ...
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Estimate a Transfer Function from ARX Models vs. ARIMAX?
There is diffrent models which can be used to create a dynamical model by using least squares. Those models are following:
ARX
ARMAX
ARIMAX
OE
BJ
But if my goal with creating a dynamical model is to ...
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What is $H_2$ and $H_{\infty}$ control? [closed]
I can create a Linear Quadratic Gaussian Integral(LQGI) controller very easy by using GNU Octave. LQGI is in the area of Optimal Control Theory.
But there is something called Robust Control Theory. ...
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Why use cross-spectral density to calculate frequency response?
I am taking a class about system identification and currently learning about cross-spectral density. My textbook says that the frequency response, G, of a system can be determined as
$$G=\frac{S_{uy}}...
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Recursive system
Trying to identify if the system below is recursive or not, I would think a recursive system present output value would depend of a past output and not on a present output value.
Is
$$Y[n] = X[n] - ...
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Estimate transfer function from Bode curve
I have measured the magnitude response Y_mag(f) and phase response Y_phase(f) of an unknown physical system.
Is it possible to ...
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Frequency identification as a convex problem
Suppose I have two time series, $x(t)$ and $y(t)$: $x$ is the output of a sine wave generator, and $y$ is the generator's frequency setting. Given a training set of $(x, y)$ pairs, Is it possible to ...
