Exact and Approximate Modeling of Linear Systems

Ivan Markovsky is a Postdoctoral Researcher of Electrical Engineering at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. His current research work is focused on identification methods in the behavioral setting and errors-in-variables estimation problems. Jan C. Willems is a full-time Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, with the research group on Signals, Identification, System Theory, and Automation (SISTA). His interests lie mainly in modeling, identification, control, and issues related to the foundations of systems theory. Sabine Van Huffel is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Her research interests are in signal processing, numerical linear algebra, errors-in-variables regression, system identification, pattern recognition, (non)linear modeling, software, and statistics applied to biomedicine. Bart De Moor is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. His research interests are in numerical linear algebra and optimization, system theory, control and identification, quantum information theory, data mining, information retrieval, and bioinformatics.

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Approximate Modeling via Misfit Minimization Part I: Static Problems. Chapter 3: Weighted Total Least Squares Chapter 4: Structured Total Least Squares Chapter 5: Bilinear Errors-in-Variables Model Chapter 6: Ellipsoid Fitting Part II: Dynamic Problems. Chapter 7: Introduction to Dynamical Models Chapter 8: Exact Identification Chapter 9: Balanced Model Identification Chapter 10: Errors-in-Variables Smoothing and Filtering Chapter 11: Approximate System Identification Chapter 12: Conclusions Appendix A: Proofs Appendix B: Software Notation Bibliography Index.