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Process Models

Low-order transfer function models with static gain, time constant, and input/output delay

Process models are popular for describing system dynamics in many industries and apply to various production environments. The advantages of these models are that they are simple, they support transport delay estimation, and the model coefficients have easy interpretations as poles and zeros.

A simple SISO process model has a gain, a time constant, and a transport delay.

sys=Kp1+Tp1seTds.

Here, Kp is the proportional gain, Tp1 is the time constant of the real pole, and Td is the transport delay (dead time).

In System Identification Toolbox™, the idproc model provides the process model structure and can represent process models with up to three poles and a zero.

For more information, see What Is a Process Model?

Apps

System IdentificationIdentify models of dynamic systems from measured data

Live Editor Tasks

Estimate Process ModelEstimate continuous-time process model for single-input, single-output (SISO) system in either time or frequency domain in the Live Editor (Since R2019b)

Functions

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idprocContinuous-time process model with identifiable parameters
procestEstimate process model using time-domain or frequency-domain data
pemPrediction error minimization for refining linear and nonlinear models
idparCreate parameter for initial states and input level estimation
delayestEstimate time delay (dead time) from data
initSet or randomize initial parameter values
getpvecObtain model parameters and associated uncertainty data
setpvecModify values of model parameters
getparObtain attributes such as values and bounds of linear model parameters
setparSet attributes such as values and bounds of linear model parameters
procestOptionsOptions set for procest

Topics

Process Model Basics

  • What Is a Process Model?
    A process model is a simple continuous-time transfer function that describes linear system dynamics in terms of static gain, time constants, and input-output delay.
  • Data Supported by Process Models
    Use regularly sampled time-domain and frequency-domain data, and continuous-time frequency-domain data.

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