It is well known that an arbitrary bispectrum in the form of a polynom
ial cannot always be realized by a white noise driven finite impulse r
esponse (FIR) linear, shift-invariant (LSI) system. In this paper, we
first propose a new model, called a system with multiplicity (SWM), wh
ich is a refinement of the model proposed by Sakaguchi et al., to repr
esent arbitrary polynomial bispectra. It is shown that an arbitrary po
lynomial bispectrum of a one-dimensional (1-D) signal can always be re
alized using an SWM with FIR components. An algorithm is then develope
d for the identification of SWM that will match a given polynomial bis
pectrum. We then address the problem of simultaneously matching an arb
itrary polynomial bispectrum and a rational power spectrum function us
ing an SWM. We show that this can always be accomplished by including
another LSI component that is driven by a Gaussian input to the system
. Experimental results for matching an estimated bispectrum as well as
simultaneously matching a polynomial bispectrum and a power spectrum
of some 1-D signals are presented. Finally, we show that in two dimens
ions (2-D) an arbitrary polynomial bispectrum cannot always be uniquel
y modeled using an SWM with 2-D FIR components having different extent
s.