# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

April  2013, 9(2): 471-486. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2013.9.471

## A unified parameter identification method for nonlinear time-delay systems

 1 School of Information Science & Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China 2 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Curtin University, Perth 6845 3 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Curtin University, Perth, W.A. 6845 4 School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083

Received  June 2012 Revised  October 2012 Published  February 2013

This paper deals with the problem of identifying unknown time-delays and model parameters in a general nonlinear time-delay system. We propose a unified computational approach that involves solving a dynamic optimization problem, whose cost function measures the discrepancy between predicted and observed system output, to determine optimal values for the unknown quantities. Our main contribution is to show that the partial derivatives of this cost function can be computed by solving a set of auxiliary time-delay systems. On this basis, the parameter identification problem can be solved using existing gradient-based optimization techniques. We conclude the paper with two numerical simulations.
Citation: Qinqin Chai, Ryan Loxton, Kok Lay Teo, Chunhua Yang. A unified parameter identification method for nonlinear time-delay systems. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2013, 9 (2) : 471-486. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2013.9.471
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