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Arya Honarpisheh¹, Rajiv Singh², Jared Miller³

¹ECE Dept., Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 USA.

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Summary

This study introduces a new method for identifying low-order system models from experimental data. Loewner-based approaches offer faster singular value decay, resulting in more efficient models compared to traditional Hankel matrix methods.

Keywords:

Balanced Reduction Hankel Matrix Linear Systems Loewner Matrix Low-rank Approximation Subspace Methods

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Area of Science:

Systems engineering
Control theory
Numerical analysis

Background:

Accurate system identification is crucial for control and analysis.
Traditional methods like Hankel matrix-based identification can be computationally intensive and yield high-order models.
Non-parametric identification from time-domain data presents unique challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel non-parametric method for identifying low-order system models from time-domain data.
To compare the efficiency of Loewner-based interpolation and reduction with traditional Hankel matrix methods.
To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach through numerical examples.

Main Methods:

Utilizing Caratheodory Fejer and Loewner-based interpolation for system realization.
Applying a Loewner matrix Balanced Reduction (LBR) step for model order reduction.
Employing Zolotarev numbers to analyze singular value decay rates.

Main Results:

The Loewner matrix serves as an effective estimator for the trace norm of a system.
Singular values in the Loewner matrix exhibit significantly faster decay rates than those in the Hankel matrix.
Loewner-based methods achieve lower-order system models with comparable error bounds.

Conclusions:

The proposed Loewner-based method provides a more efficient approach to non-parametric system identification.
This technique yields reduced-order models with improved accuracy and computational efficiency.
The findings offer a valuable alternative for system identification in various engineering applications.