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A modified H2 algorithm for improved frequency response function and nonlinear parameter estimation

✍ Scribed by Muhammad Haroon; Douglas E. Adams


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
910 KB
Volume
320
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-460X

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✦ Synopsis


H 1 , H 2 and H v are the most commonly used algorithms for frequency response function estimation. H 1 and H v can be defined for multiple input-multiple output systems, whereas the H 2 estimator requires that the number of inputs equals the number of outputs for a unique solution. Otherwise, a non-square matrix needs to be inverted leading to numerical problems. These numerical problems can affect the Nonlinear Identification through Feedback of the Outputs (NIFO) nonlinear parameter estimation algorithm in which nonlinearities are treated as internal feedback forces (or inputs), which can lead to more inputs than outputs. In this paper, a modified form of the H 2 algorithm is presented that enables accurate estimates using NIFO. The modification to the H 2 algorithm is the addition of a correlated output, based on the nature of the nonlinearity in the system being identified, in order to make the matrix to be inverted square. Analytical models with multiple nonlinearities are used to show that this modification to H 2 leads to accurate estimates that are robust to noise on both the input and the output and that the modified algorithm is more robust to simultaneous noise on the input and output measurements than the H 1 and the H v algorithms. Mathematical reasoning is used to explain the greater robustness of the modified H 2 algorithm over the traditional H 1 algorithm.