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most citedIdentification of block-oriented nonlinear systems starting from linear approximations: A survey

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eess.SY2026

Sparse add-on controller design: A Youla approach to system-level performance

M. van der Hulst, N. Dirkx, R. A. González +3

The performance of high-tech systems is often dictated by a few performance objectives shared among the many closed-loop controlled subsystems operating in the machine, such as syn…

eess.SY2025

Truncated Gaussian Noise Estimation in State-Space Models

Rodrigo A. González, Angel L. Cedeño, Koen Tiels +1

Within Bayesian state estimation, considerable effort has been devoted to incorporating constraints into state estimation for process optimization, state monitoring, fault detectio…

eess.SY2025

Safety and optimality in learning-based control at low computational cost

Dominik Baumann, Krzysztof Kowalczyk, Cristian R. Rojas +2

Applying machine learning methods to physical systems that are supposed to act in the real world requires providing safety guarantees. However, methods that include such guarantees…

eess.SY2025

Self-Calibrating Position Measurements: Applied to Imperfect Hall Sensors

Max van Meer, Marijn van Noije, Koen Tiels +4

Linear Hall sensors are a cost-effective alternative to optical encoders for measuring the rotor positions of actuators, with the main challenge being that they exhibit position-de…

eess.SY2023

A computationally lightweight safe learning algorithm

Dominik Baumann, Krzysztof Kowalczyk, Koen Tiels +1

Safety is an essential asset when learning control policies for physical systems, as violating safety constraints during training can lead to expensive hardware damage. In response…

eess.SY2023

Identifying Lebesgue-sampled Continuous-time Impulse Response Models: A Kernel-based Approach

Rodrigo A. González, Koen Tiels, Tom Oomen

Control applications are increasingly sampled non-equidistantly in time, including in motion control, networked control, resource-aware control, and event-triggered control. Some o…

eess.SY2023

Kernel-based identification using Lebesgue-sampled data

Rodrigo A. González, Koen Tiels, Tom Oomen

Sampling in control applications is increasingly done non-equidistantly in time. This includes applications in motion control, networked control, resource-aware control, and event-…

eess.SY2021

PNLSS Toolbox 1.0

Jan Decuyper, Koen Tiels, Johan Schoukens

This is a demonstration of the PNLSS Toolbox 1.0. The toolbox is designed to identify polynomial nonlinear state-space models from data. Nonlinear state-space models can describe a…

eess.SY2021

Decoupling multivariate functions using a non-parametric Filtered CPD approach

Jan Decuyper, Koen Tiels, Siep Weiland +1

Black-box model structures are dominated by large multivariate functions. Usually a generic basis function expansion is used, e.g. a polynomial basis, and the parameters of the fun…

eess.SY2020★ 24 cited

Retrieving highly structured models starting from black-box nonlinear state-space models using polynomial decoupling

Jan Decuyper, Koen Tiels, Mark C. Runacres +1

Nonlinear state-space modelling is a very powerful black-box modelling approach. However powerful, the resulting models tend to be complex, described by a large number of parameter…

eess.SY2019

Deep Convolutional Networks in System Identification

Carl Andersson, Antônio H. Ribeiro, Koen Tiels +2

Recent developments within deep learning are relevant for nonlinear system identification problems. In this paper, we establish connections between the deep learning and the system…

eess.SY2019★ 54 cited

On the smoothness of nonlinear system identification

Antônio H. Ribeiro, Koen Tiels, Jack Umenberger +2

We shed new light on the \textit{smoothness} of optimization problems arising in prediction error parameter estimation of linear and nonlinear systems. We show that for regions of…

eess.SY2018★ 8 cited

Data driven discrete-time parsimonious identification of a nonlinear state-space model for a weakly nonlinear system with short data record

Rishi Relan, Koen Tiels, Anna Marconato +2

Many real world systems exhibit a quasi linear or weakly nonlinear behavior during normal operation, and a hard saturation effect for high peaks of the input signal. In this paper,…

eess.SY2018★ 8 cited

A Local Polynomial Approach to Nonparametric Estimation of the Best Linear Approximation of Lithium-Ion Battery From Multiple Datasets

Rishi Relan, Koen Tiels, Jean-Marc Timmermans +1

Battery short-term electrical impedance behavior varies between linear, linear time-varying, or nonlinear at different operating conditions. Data-based electrical impedance modelin…

eess.SY2018★ 36 cited

Structure Discrimination in Block-Oriented Models Using Linear Approximations: A Theoretic Framework

Johan Schoukens, Rik Pintelon, Yves Rolain +5

In this paper we show that it is possible to retrieve structural information about complex block-oriented nonlinear systems, starting from linear approximations of the nonlinear sy…

eess.SY2018★ 28 cited

Nonlinear state-space modelling of the kinematics of an oscillating circular cylinder in a fluid flow

Jan Decuyper, Tim De Troyer, Mark Runacres +2

The flow-induced vibration of bluff bodies is an important problem of many marine, civil, or mechanical engineers. In the design phase of such structures, it is vital to obtain goo…

eess.SY2018★ 9 cited

Comparison of several data-driven nonlinear system identification methods on a simplified glucoregulatory system example

Anna Marconato, Maarten Schoukens, Koen Tiels +3

In this paper, several advanced data-driven nonlinear identification techniques are compared on a specific problem: a simplified glucoregulatory system modeling example. This probl…

eess.SY2017★ 32 cited

Parameter reduction in nonlinear state-space identification of hysteresis

Alireza Fakhrizadeh Esfahani, Philippe Dreesen, Koen Tiels +2

Hysteresis is a highly nonlinear phenomenon, showing up in a wide variety of science and engineering problems. The identification of hysteretic systems from input-output data is a…

eess.SY2016★ 22 cited

Initial estimates for Wiener-Hammerstein models using phase-coupled multisines

Koen Tiels, Maarten Schoukens, Johan Schoukens

Block-oriented models are often used to model nonlinear systems. These models consist of linear dynamic (L) and nonlinear static (N) sub-blocks. This paper addresses the generation…

eess.SY2016★ 57 cited

Wiener system identification with generalized orthonormal basis functions

Koen Tiels, Johan Schoukens

Many nonlinear systems can be described by a Wiener-Schetzen model. In this model, the linear dynamics are formulated in terms of orthonormal basis functions (OBFs). The nonlineari…

eess.SY2016★ 237 cited

Identification of block-oriented nonlinear systems starting from linear approximations: A survey

Maarten Schoukens, Koen Tiels

Block-oriented nonlinear models are popular in nonlinear system identification because of their advantages of being simple to understand and easy to use. Many different identificat…