Giorgio Picci
University of Padua
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Automatica | 2005
Alessandro Chiuso; Giorgio Picci
We study statistical consistency of two recently proposed subspace identification algorithms for closed-loop systems. These algorithms may be seen as implementations of an abstract state-space construction procedure described by the authors in previous work on stochastic realization of closed-loop systems. A detailed error analysis is undertaken which shows that both algorithms are biased due to an unavoidable mishandling of initial conditions which occurs in closed-loop identification. Instability of the open loop system may also be a cause of trouble.
Siam Journal on Control and Optimization | 1979
Anders Lindquist; Giorgio Picci
Given a mean square continuous stochastic vector process y with stationary increments and a rational spectral density
Automatica | 1996
Anders Lindquist; Giorgio Picci
\Phi
Siam Journal on Control and Optimization | 1985
Anders Lindquist; Giorgio Picci
such that
Automatica | 1999
Tohru Katayama; Giorgio Picci
\Phi (\infty )
Signal Processing | 1996
Giorgio Picci; Tohru Katayama
is finite and nonsingular, consider the problem of finding all minimal (wide sense) Markov representations (stochastic realizations) of y. All such realizations are characterized and classified with respect to deterministic as well as probabilistic properties. It is shown that only certain realizations (internal stochastic realizations) can be determined from the given output process y. All others (external stochastic realizations) require that the probability space be extended with an exogeneous random component. A complete characterization of the sets of internal and external stochastic realizations is provided. It is shown that the state process of any internal stochastic realization can be expressed in terms of two steady-state Kalman–Busy filters, one evolving forward in time over the infinite past and one backward over the infinite future. An algori...
Journal of Econometrics | 2004
Alessandro Chiuso; Giorgio Picci
Abstract In this paper we analyze a class of state space identification algorithms for time-series, based on canonical correlation analysis, in the light of recent results on stochastic systems theory. In principle, these so called “subspace methods” can be described as covariance estimation followed by stochastic realization. The methods offer the major advantage of converting the nonlinear parameter estimation phase in traditional ARMA models identification into the solution of a Riccati equation but introduce at the same time some nontrivial mathematical problems related to positivity. The reason for this is that an essential part of the problem is equivalent to the well-known rational covariance extension problem. Therefore, the usual deterministic arguments based on factorization of a Hankel matrix are not valid for generic data, something that is habitually overlooked in the literature. We demonstrate that there is no guarantee that several popular identification procedures based on the same principle will not fail to produce a positive extension, unless some rather stringent assumptions are made which, in general, are not explicitly reported. In this paper the statistical problem of stochastic modeling from estimated covariances is phrased in the geometric language of stochastic realization theory. We review the basic ideas of stochastic realization theory in the context of identification, discuss the concept of stochastic balancing and of stochastic model reduction by principal subsystem truncation. The model reduction method of Desai and Pal (1982) [A realization approach to stochastic model reduction. Proc. 1st Decision and Control Conf., pp. 1105–1112.], based on truncated balanced stochastic realizations, is partially justified, showing that the reduced system structure has a positive covariance sequence but is in general not balanced. As a byproduct of this analysis we obtain a theorem prescribing conditions under which the ‘subspace identification’ methods produce bona fide stochastic systems.
Automatica | 2005
Tohru Katayama; Hidetoshi Kawauchi; Giorgio Picci
This paper collects in one place a comprehensive theory of stochastic realization for continuous-time stationary Gaussian vector processes which in various pieces has appeared in a number of our earlier papers. It begins with an abstract state space theory, based on the concept of splitting subspace. These results are then carried over to the spectral domain and described in terms of Hardy functions. Finally, differential-equations type stochastic realizations are constructed. The theory is coordinate-free, and it accommodates infinite-dimensional representations, minimality and other systems-theoretical concepts being defined by subspace inclusion rather than by dimension. We have strived for conceptual completeness rather than generality, and the same framework can be used for other types of stochastic realization problems.
Theory of Computing Systems \/ Mathematical Systems Theory | 1978
Anders Lindquist; Giorgio Picci; Guy Ruckebusch
A stochastic realization theory for a discrete-time stationary process with an exogenous input is developed by extending the classical CCA technique. Some stochastic subspace identification methods are derived by adapting the realization procedure to finite input-output data.
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | 2011
Francesca P. Carli; Augusto Ferrante; Michele Pavon; Giorgio Picci
Abstract In this paper we study stochastic realization of stationary processes with exogenous inputs in the absence of feedback and we briefly discuss its application to identification. In particular, we derive and characterize the family of minimal state-space models of such processes and introduce a very natural block structure which is generically minimal. This model structure leads very naturally to ‘subspace’-based identification algorithms which have a simpler structure of those existing in the literature.