Identification of nonlinear systems using neural networks and polynomial models. A block-oriented approach. (Q703594)

The monograph deals with the identification of discrete-time Wiener and Hammerstein systems in a stochastic environment, using two types of models of nonlinear static characteristics: neural network models and polynomial models. Chapter 1 gives a brief review of the existing identification methods of the systems under consideration and presents standard model structures of discrete-time dynamical systems. Chapters 2 and 3 concern the neural network models of Wiener and Hammerstein systems, respectively, and provide algorithms for the calculation of the gradient (or approximate gradient) of the neural model output w.r.t. model parameters. Some new ideas concerning model parameter adjusting with gradient-based techniques are here presented. In turn, Chapters 4 and 5 are devoted to the presentation of the Wiener and Hammerstein identification routines based on polynomial models of nonlinearities. In particular, least squares and combined least squares-instrumental variables approaches are applied to the estimation of the linear dynamic subsystem parameters and the parameters of the nonlinear characteristic or its inverse. The exemplary applications of Wiener and Hammerstein models in nonlinear system modelling, control and fault diagnostics given in Chapter 6 complete the book. The approximation accuracy, computational complexity and advantages and disadvantages of the methods are discussed and compared in a unified framework.