A unified design procedure

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to compile the results in previous chapters into a general procedure for model design, including both modelling and identification. The procedure provides a partial algorithmic specification, and thus sets a ‘frame’ for the structuring of proper software for model design. The complexity and detail of actual program specifications then depend on how many and how general structures ℳ and 𝔤 the program will provide for and how many validation, falsification, and fitting techniques that are implemented. Its usefulness will also depend much on the man-machine interface, i.e. input and display facilities, and the computer’s ability to put the right questions, give the right information, and provide ‘help’ facilities.