Finite Sample Analysis of Open-loop Subspace Identification Methods

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Main Authors: He, Jiabao, Ziemann, Ingvar, Rojas, Cristian R., Qin, S. Joe, Hjalmarsson, Håkan
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Published: 2025
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author He, Jiabao
Ziemann, Ingvar
Rojas, Cristian R.
Qin, S. Joe
Hjalmarsson, Håkan
author_facet He, Jiabao
Ziemann, Ingvar
Rojas, Cristian R.
Qin, S. Joe
Hjalmarsson, Håkan
contents Subspace identification methods (SIMs) are known for their simple parameterization for MIMO systems and robust numerical properties. However, a comprehensive statistical analysis of SIMs remains an open problem. Following a three-step procedure generally used in SIMs, this work presents a finite sample analysis for open-loop SIMs. In Step 1 we begin with a parsimonious SIM. Leveraging a recent analysis of an individual ARX model, we obtain a union error bound for a Hankel-like matrix constructed from a bank of ARX models. Step 2 involves model reduction via weighted singular value decomposition (SVD), where we use robustness results for SVD to obtain error bounds on extended controllability and observability matrices, respectively. The final Step 3 focuses on deriving error bounds for system matrices, where two different realization algorithms, the MOESP type and the CVA type, are studied. Our results not only agree with classical asymptotic results, but also show how much data is needed to guarantee a desired error bound with high probability. The proposed method generalizes related finite sample analyses and applies broadly to many variants of SIMs.
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spellingShingle Finite Sample Analysis of Open-loop Subspace Identification Methods
He, Jiabao
Ziemann, Ingvar
Rojas, Cristian R.
Qin, S. Joe
Hjalmarsson, Håkan
Systems and Control
Subspace identification methods (SIMs) are known for their simple parameterization for MIMO systems and robust numerical properties. However, a comprehensive statistical analysis of SIMs remains an open problem. Following a three-step procedure generally used in SIMs, this work presents a finite sample analysis for open-loop SIMs. In Step 1 we begin with a parsimonious SIM. Leveraging a recent analysis of an individual ARX model, we obtain a union error bound for a Hankel-like matrix constructed from a bank of ARX models. Step 2 involves model reduction via weighted singular value decomposition (SVD), where we use robustness results for SVD to obtain error bounds on extended controllability and observability matrices, respectively. The final Step 3 focuses on deriving error bounds for system matrices, where two different realization algorithms, the MOESP type and the CVA type, are studied. Our results not only agree with classical asymptotic results, but also show how much data is needed to guarantee a desired error bound with high probability. The proposed method generalizes related finite sample analyses and applies broadly to many variants of SIMs.
title Finite Sample Analysis of Open-loop Subspace Identification Methods
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.16639