Plant friendly input design for system identification in closed loop

Optimal experiment or input design is the scientific exercise of designing informative excitation signals for the identification of a real-life dynamic system. In the least costly input design framework, the input is designed such that the identification cost is minimized while meeting desired specifications on the quality of the identified model. Identification of real-life processes require that the identification be "plant-friendly". These are typically imposed as constraints on experiment time, input and output amplitudes or input move sizes. This work focusses on an LMI based plant friendly input design in the least costly framework. © 2012 IFAC.