A new method for the identification of the nonlinear Hammerstein model
, consisting of a static nonlinear part in cascade with a linear dynam
ic part, is introduced. The static nonlinear part is modeled by a mult
ilayer feedforward neural network (MFNN), and the linear part is model
ed by an autoregressive moving average (ARMA) model. A recursive algor
ithm is developed for estimating the weights of the MFNN and the param
eters of ARMA model. Simulation examples are included to illustrate th
e performance of the proposed method. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.