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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical engineering
    • Computational biology
    • Systems biology

    Background:

    • System identification is increasingly vital in biology and biomedicine for data-driven modeling.
    • Replication of biological assays is standard practice to assess response variability.
    • Accurate population-level inferences necessitate addressing inter-individual variability in modeling.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce a novel method for dynamical system identification that incorporates inter-individual variability.
    • To provide a solution analogous to random effects models for system identification in biological contexts.
    • To enhance the accuracy and applicability of system identification in biological and biomedical research.

    Main Methods:

    • Development of a new system identification approach utilizing an Auto Regressive model with eXternal inputs (ARX) structure.
    • Application of the Expectation-Maximisation (EM) algorithm for efficient estimation of model parameters.
    • Simulations were conducted to validate the proposed methodology against traditional approaches.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed ARX model with EM algorithm effectively accounts for inter-individual variability in system identification.
    • Simulations demonstrated the superior performance of the new method compared to classical, subject-specific system identification procedures.
    • The approach offers a robust framework for modeling biological systems with inherent variability.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel system identification method provides a significant advancement for biological and biomedical modeling.
    • This approach enables more accurate population-level inferences by explicitly handling inter-individual variability.
    • The integration of ARX structures and EM algorithms offers a powerful tool for dynamical system identification in life sciences.