
WALSH TRANSFORM AS METHOD OF MIMO SYSTEMS 
IDENTIFICATION 
Andrzej Żak 
Department of Hydroacoustic and Radiolocation, Naval University of Gdynia, 81-103 Gdynia, Smidowicza 69, Poland 
Keywords:  Identification, MIMO Object, Dynamical System, Walsh Transform. 
Abstract:  The paper presents method of MIMO system identification using Walsh transform. Paper includes 
description of mathematical basis of Walsh Transform. At the end of paper the results of research of 
identification for example multi input multi output object were presented. 
1 INTRODUCTION 
Identification is very general notation which has 
customary meaning in common speech. This 
notation is variously defined dependently on 
problem or science field but almost always is related 
with creating the mathematical models of objects. 
By the object’s model it is understood the 
presentation of interested, essential properties in 
convenient form. Therefore identification often 
means the process in which results, basing on input 
and output signals, arise the mathematical model of 
object admitted as the best according to the accepted 
criterions. 
Procedure of identification can be, in the 
simplest way, presented as it is done on figure 1. 
Models appear in many fields of human 
knowledge.  They can be meet in physics, biology, 
astronomy, technics, economy, sociology, 
psychology and many others. For engineers 
necessity of possession of models especially in 
projection phase has no need to be contended. For 
scientist models can be basis for wide research.  In 
all cases possession of models allow for preliminary 
testing of creating systems what permits to 
shortening the time necessary for projection phase 
and inculcate of system. It also prevents from 
accidental damage of real object.  
Often modeling starts from apply some physical 
laws which take part in investigated process. But it 
is only possible when these phenomenons are quite 
simple. If the numerical values of all external and 
internal conditions of modeled object are known and 
physical knowledge about this object is full it is 
possible to calculate coefficients of all parameters. 
However these cases are rare what become from 
knowledge shortage about internal process and 
indefinableness carried in by environment. In other 
hand very often they are only interesting 
dependences between object’s input and output 
signals accepted that inputs signals are control 
signals and measured output signals give 
information about object state. In this case object 
can treated as single or multi input and single or 
multi output object but of unknown structure.  In this  
 
Figure 1: Schematic presentation of identification process
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Zak A. (2005).
WALSH TRANSFORM AS METHOD OF MIMO SYSTEMS IDENTIFICATION.
In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Signal Processing, Systems Modeling and
Control, pages 200-204
DOI: 10.5220/0001176302000204
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