Conditions For Handling Confounding Variables In Dynamic Networks

In this paper we focus on consistently identifying a transfer function (module) embedded in a dynamic network. When identifying a module embedded in a dynamic network, a critical choice is which variables to include as predictor inputs. In the system identification literature sufficient conditions have been derived. One condition is that there should be no confounding variables. We show that this condition can be relaxed. (C) 2017, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.