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Block Structured Modelling in the Study of the Stretch Reflex

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Nonlinear system identification has a long history in several disciplines related to biomedical engineering. Much of this can be credited to the seminal textbook written by Marmarelis and Marmarelis [25], which popularised the use of the cross-correlation method for estimating the Wiener kernels of a system driven by a white Gaussian noise input [24]. This, together with the rapidly evolving capabilities of the digital computers of the day, gave a large number of researchers the tools to investigate a wide variety of nonlinear dynamical systems, particularly in the area of sensory physiology. More recent developments have been summarised in a series of multiple-author research volumes [26, 27, 28], and two recent textbooks [29, 43].

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Westwick, D.T. (2010). Block Structured Modelling in the Study of the Stretch Reflex. In: Giri, F., Bai, EW. (eds) Block-oriented Nonlinear System Identification. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 404. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-513-2_23

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