A new kernel-based approach for linear system identification

doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2009.10.031

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A new kernel-based approach for linear system identification

2010-01-01

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Gianluigi Pillonetto *

Giuseppe De Nicolao

DOI：10.1016/j.automatica.2009.10.031

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This paper describes a new kernel-based approach for linear system identification of stable systems. We model the impulse response as the realization of a Gaussian process whose statistics, differently from previously adopted priors, include information not only on smoothness but also on BIBO-stability. The associated autocovariance defines what we call a stable spline kernel. The corresponding minimum variance estimate belongs to a reproducing kernel Hilbert space which is spectrally characterized. Compared to parametric identification techniques, the impulse response of the system is searched for within an infinite-dimensional space, dense in the space of continuous functions. Overparametrization is avoided by tuning few hyperparameters via marginal likelihood maximization. The proposed approach may prove particularly useful in the context of robust identification in order to obtain reduced order models by exploiting a two-step procedure that projects the nonparametric estimate onto the space of nominal models. The continuous-time derivation immediately extends to the discrete-time case. On several continuous- and discrete-time benchmarks taken from the literature the proposed approach compares very favorably with the existing parametric and nonparametric techniques. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords:

Linear system identification

Kernel-based methods

Bayesian estimation

Regularization

Gaussian processes

Robust identification

Stochastic embedding

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