Modeling and Identification of Parallel Nonlinear Systems: Structural Classification and Parameter Estimation Methods

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 39-66

  Chen, Hai Wen ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

STRUCTURAL CLASSIFICATION;

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029184531     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.362753     Document Type: Article

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