SYSDYNET: A MATLAB App and Toolbox for Dynamic Network Identification

Identification in interconnected systems requires the handling of phenomena that go beyond the classical open-loop and closed-loop type of identification problems. Over the last decade a comprehensive theory has been developed for addressing identification problems in linear dynamic networks, formulated in a module framework, where the network structure is characterized by a directed graph in which nodes are signals and links are transfer functions. The resulting methods and approaches have been collected in a MATLAB App and Toolbox, supported by an attractive graphical user interface that provides an interactive workflow for manipulating the structural properties of dynamic networks, applying basic network operations like immersion and module invariance testing, and for investigating network/module generic identifiability and selecting appropriate predictor model inputs and outputs. The workflow supports the allocation of external excitation signals (actuation) and measured node signals (sensing) so as to achieve generic identifiability and provide consistent estimation of target modules. The Toolbox includes algorithms for actual network simulation and identification.