Parametric identification of nonlinear structural dynamic systems using time finite element method

Teaching Aids for Modeling and Control of Hybrid Systems (CAMCHS)

Time–frequency characterization of nonlinear normal modes and challenges in nonlinearity identification of dynamical systems

This article presents a theoretical framework for the identification of nonlinear dynamic MISO systems with orthonormal base function models on fundamental basics of the Volterra theory. In the past the Volterra theory was used for the identification of nonlinear dynamic SISO systems (e.g. Hammerstein and Wiener models). In principle it is possible to extend these approaches to systems with more than one input (i.e. MISO systems). In former times this failed due to a lack of computational performance. In this paper an approach is presented which allows the identification of arbitrary coupled Hammerstein and Wiener models with multiple inputs. Some fundamental considerations for the identification of MISO systems based on arbitrary coupled Hammerstein models are made and extended to MISO systems based on arbitrary coupled Wiener models. This extended Volterra theory results in equations where the unknown parameters can be separated of the input values in a linear manner. In order to approximate the truncated impulse responses of the linear dynamic systems and to reduce the number of unknown parameters orthonormal base functions (OBFs) are introduced. As an example the proposed identification method is applied to a MISO system based on forward and backward coupled Hammerstein and Wiener models.

Nonlinear dynamic systems are characterized with uncertainties in terms of structure and parameters. These uncertainties cannot be described by deterministic models. The modelling and identification of nonlinear dynamic systems through the measured experimental data is a problem in engineering and technical processes. Therefore, field of system identification have become an important area of research. Fuzzy technology is an effective tool for dealing with complex nonlinear processes that are characterized with uncertain factors. In this paper, a novel approach based on Local Linear method learning in dynamical filter weights neurons for the identification of non-linear dynamic systems is presented. The fuzzy wavelet neural network combines wavelet theory with fuzzy logic and neural networks. Learning fuzzy rules and parameter update in fuzzy wavelet neural network is based on gradient decent method. The proposed approach is said to be Fuzzy Local Linear Wavelet Neural Network based model. It has been explained through examples. The structure is tested for the identification with both wavelet neural network and Fuzzy Local Linear Wavelet Neural Network that shows the comparative performance.KeywordsSystem IdentificationNon-linear SystemWavelet Neural NetworkFuzzy Wavelet Neural NetworkLocal Linear Wavelet Neural NetworkFuzzy Local Linear Wavelet Neural Network

A method for identifying nonlinear dynamic systems with noise is proposed by using probabilistic universal learning networks (PrULNs). PrULNs are extensions of universal learning networks (ULNs). ULNs form a superset of neural networks and were proposed to provide a universal framework for modeling and control of nonlinear large-scale complex systems. But the ULN does not provide any stochastic characteristics of the signals propagating through it. The PrULNs are equipped with machinery to calculate stochastic properties of signals and to train network parameters so that the signals behave with the pre-specified stochastic properties. On the other hand it is generally recognized that there exists an overfitting problem when identification of nonlinear dynamic systems with noise is done by neural networks. In this paper, it is shown from simulation results of identification of a nonlinear robot dynamics that PrULNs are useful for avoiding the overfitting.

The present paper develops an enhanced response sensitivity approach for parameter identification of nonlinear time-delay systems from the time-domain data. Accurate and rapid identification of the time-delay system’s parameters is the key to achieve effective control and synchronization, especially for the delay parameters. The work of this paper is mainly threefold. Firstly, taking a general nonlinear time-delay system as the investigated object, the characteristics of the nonlinear time-delay system are introduced, and the response sensitivity analysis with respect to the system parameters is derived. Then, the problem of parameter identification is modeled as a nonlinear least-squares optimization function. To this end, a novel iteration-based approach is developed to solve such problem, and the ill-posed situation is tackled by Tikhonov regularization. Besides, the trust-region constraint is implemented to enhance the convergence of the algorithm. Finally, the feasibility of the proposed approach is verified by two numerical examples and a real electronic circuit experiment. The results proved that the proposed approach can identify parameters of nonlinear time-delay systems accurately, robustly and effectively.

This article discusses the identification of nonlinear dynamic systems using multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs). It focuses on both structure uncertainty and parameter uncertainty, which have been widely explored in the literature of nonlinear system identification. The main contribution is that an integrated analytic framework is proposed for automated neural network structure selection, parameter identification and hysteresis network switching with guaranteed neural identification performance. First, an automated network structure selection procedure is proposed within a fixed time interval for a given network construction criterion. Then, the network parameter updating algorithm is proposed with guaranteed bounded identification error. To cope with structure uncertainty, a hysteresis strategy is proposed to enable neural identifier switching with guaranteed network performance along the switching process. Both theoretic analysis and a simulation example show the efficacy of the proposed method.

A procedure based on the use of artificial neural networks for the identification of nonlinear dynamic systems is developed and applied to the damped Duffing oscillator under deterministic excitation. The “generalization” ability of neural networks is invoked to predict the response of the same nonlinear oscillator under stochastic excitations of differing magnitude. The analogy between the neural network approach and a qualitatively similar nonparametric identification technique previously developed by the authors is illustrated. Some of the computational aspects of identification by neural networks, as well as their fault-tolerant nature, are discussed. It is shown that neural networks provide high-fidelity mathematical models of structure-unknown nonlinear systems encountered in the applied mechanics field.

In this study, nonlinear dynamic systems are identified by using artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm and adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). ABC algorithm is used in training and updating of ANFIS. The most appropriate model is formed by optimizing the antecedent and conclusion parameters that are found in the structure of ANFIS. The dynamic systems that consist of one input and one output (SISO) are used for the identification of nonlinear dynamic systems. The obtained results are compared with fuzzy neural network, neural network and ANFIS-based methods such as RSONFIN, DFNN, RSEFNN-LF, WRFNN and RFNN. The simulation results show that the proposed method is successful in the identification of considered nonlinear dynamic systems.

Discovering nonlinear PDEs with sparse identification of nonlinear dynamical systems (SINDy) is hindered by high dimensionality, noise, and expensive data acquisition. We propose the greedy sampling neural network for sparse identification of nonlinear PDEs (GN-SINDy), a three–stage framework that integrates strategic sampling, differentiable surrogate modelling, and sparse equation discovery. First, a two–way Q-DEIM–based greedy strategy selects maximally informative space–time samples from snapshot data, drastically reducing data requirements. Second, a deep neural network (DNN) is trained as a differentiable surrogate of the solution field, enabling noise–robust analytic derivatives via automatic differentiation. Third, sparse regression with sparsity–promoting estimators [Brunton, S. L., Proctor, J. L., & Kutz, J. N. (2016a). Discovering governing equations from data by sparse identification of nonlinear dynamical systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(15), 3932–3937; Rudy, S. H., Brunton, S. L., Proctor, J. L., & Kutz, J. N. (2017). Data-driven discovery of partial differential equations. Science Advances, 3(4), e1602614.] is applied to recover the governing PDE. Building on the DeepMoD paradigm, GN-SINDy embeds greedy sampling into data acquisition and stabilises coefficient estimation through neural–enhanced differentiation. We analyze noise robustness, structural stability, and QR–based sampling strategies to guide sampler and hyperparameter selection. Experiments on Burgers', Allen–Cahn, and Korteweg–de Vries equations show that GN-SINDy reliably recovers governing PDEs using under 1 % of the data, outperforming DeepMoD in efficiency, support recovery, and robustness to noise.

An identification method of nonlinear dynamic system is studied in this paper. First, suppose that the original nonlinear dynamic system is described by Hammerstein model. Then, an intermediate model is generated. Next, Parameters of the intermediate model are obtained using a Bacterial Chemotaxis Optimization (BCO) approach. Finally, through the relationships of the parameters of intermediate model and those of Hammerstein model, we derive the parameters of the system. Consequently, the original nonlinear dynamic system is identified. The feasibility and efficiency of the presented algorithm are demonstrated using numerical simulations.

Structure Identification of Continuous-Time Block-Oriented Nonlinear Systems in the Frequency Domain

The paper demonstrates that radial basis function network (RBFN) with adaptive centers and width can be used effectively for identification of nonlinear dynamic system. The proposed RBFN is trained by hybrid learning algorithm, which uses conjugate gradient optimization algorithm to obtain the center and width of each radial basis function and the least squares method to obtain the weights. To avoid capturing a local optimum, regularization error energy function is used and the centers of basis functions are initialized using a fuzzy C-means clustering method. Simulation results reveal that the identification schemes based on RBFN gives considerably better performance and show faster learning in comparison to previous methods

A recursive algorithm for identification of nonlinear dynamic systems with backlash is proposed in this paper. In this method, the backlash, which is a non‐smooth function, is decomposed into a combination of a group of piecewise linearized models so that all the parameters of the backlash can be estimated separately. Moreover, the model of the backlash is embedded into a Hammerstein‐type model. Thus, a pseudo‐Hammerstein model with backlash is constructed. The estimation of the parameters for such a non‐smooth nonlinear system can be implemented through a so‐called recursive general identification algorithm (RGIA). Then, the corresponding convergence analysis of the RGIA for the model with backlash is also investigated. After that, two examples are presented to show the performance of the proposed method. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society

One of the most versatile and powerful approaches to the identification of nonlinear dynamical systems is the NARMAX (Nonlinear Auto_regressive Moving Average with eXogenous inputs) method. The model represents the current output of a system by a nonlinear regression on past inputs and outputs and can also incorporate a nonlinear noise model in the most general case. Although the NARMAX model is most often given a polynomial form, this is not a restriction of the method and other formulations have been proposed based on nonparametric machine learning paradigms, for example. All of these forms of the NARMAX model allow the computation of Higher-order Frequency Response Functions (HFRFs) which encode the model in the frequency domain and allow a direct interpretation of how frequencies interact in the nonlinear system under study. Recently, a NARX (no noise model) formulation based on Gaussian Process (GP) regression has been developed. One advantage of the GP NARX form is that confidence intervals are a natural part of the prediction process. The objective of the current paper is to discuss the GP formulation and show how to compute the HFRFS corresponding to GP NARX. Examples will be given based on simulated data.KeywordsNonlinear system identificationNARMAX modelsHigher-order Frequency Response Functions (HFRFs)Gaussian processes