Bajic, Vladimir B.Jankovic, Boris R.2017-11-152017-11-15199729753http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2716Dissertation submitted in compliance with the requirements for the Doctor's Degree in Technology in the Department of Electrical Engineering (Light Current) at Technikon Natal, Durban, South Africa, 1997.In this study we propose a new concept and methodology of hierarchical identification. The need for such a methodology comes from the fact that identification of large-scale systems (LSSs) by one-shot approach may be numerically very complex. The analysis of LSSs is, in general, not approached by the one-shot methodologies normally associated with non-LSSs. The proposed method of hierarchical identification can be therefore viewed as an extension of LSS methodologies to system identification. LSS methodology aims at breaking up the initial, complex problem into a set of smaller size subproblems.218 penSystem theorySystem identificationThesishttps://doi.org/10.51415/10321/2716