System Identification and Modeling in Process Control Automation

System identification is a general term to describe mathematical tools and algorithms that build dynamical models from measured data. A dynamical model in this context is a mathematical description of the dynamic behavior of a system or process. -- wikipedia

System Identification Books

• System Identification: Theory for the User (2nd Edition) - by Lennart Ljung
  -- A complete, coherent description of the theory, methodology, & practice of System Identification. This completely revised second edition introduces subspace methods that utilize frequency domain data, & general non-linear black box methods, including neural networks & neuro-fuzzy modeling
• Multivariable System Identification For Process Control - by Y. Zhu
  -- Systems and control theory has experienced significant development in the past few decades. The purpose of Multivariable System Identification for Process Control is to bridge the gap between theory and application, and to provide industrial solutions, based on sound scientific theory, to process identification problems.
• Nonlinear System Identification : From Classical Approaches to Neural Networks and Fuzzy Models - by Oliver Nelles
  -- A self-contained text providing the reader with the necessary background for understanding optimization techniques. Presents the most common approaches for the identification of nonlinear static and dynamic systems, written from an engineering point of view, aimed at last year undergraduates and graduate students. DLC: System identification.

System Identification Maths

• Linear algebra for for system identification -- These are the lecture notes and tutorial problems for the Linear Algebra module in Mathematics for Informatics 3 - The knowlege of vectors, linear transformations is essential for system identification
  
  

• Solving of linear Equations using SVD -- Singular Value Decompostion - Solving linear Equations - SVD tricks that could be used for system identification

• Math Review Guide -- 103 pages book that cover good mathematical background for control engineeres

• Units and Conversion -- Units and convesion table

• Differential Equations -- Differential Equations in Plain English - Laplace transform in system identification needs knowledge of this

• State-Space Model in Linear Case -- A chapter from book Nonlinear Filters

• State-Space Model Conversion of a System with State Delay -- A new approach to model conversion of a state-delay system is introduced in this paper.

• Stability, Controllability and Observability -- Must have knowledge for a control engineer and system identification