INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, cilt.32, sa.9, ss.1981-1992, 1993 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
A method is presented for incorporating auxiliary information into the identification of transfer functions by parametric methods. It consists of expressing the auxiliary information as linear relationships among the parameters to be estimated and then solving a constrained minimization problem to obtain the system parameters. By incorporating the auxiliary information, one can emphasize the frequency region that is important for control purposes, which results in models better suited for controller design. Potential applications of the method are pointed out in both SISO and multivariable systems. The effectiveness of the method is demonstrated on simulation examples and on an experimental heat-exchanger process.