Generation of a Dataset for System Identification with VIRTTAC-Castor

Kurzfassung

This paper presents a new workbench for VIRTTAC-Castor, called GenerateDatasetForSysID, which enables users to generate a dataset that is suited for system identification purposes. This paper describes the motivations for this workbench and the main capabilities provided. The dataset provided by simply running this workbench with no modification is already well suited for identifying a flight dynamics model of VIRTTAC-Castor. However, the authors consider that system identification is not reduced to the application of parameter estimation algorithms to an exisiting set of experimental data. System identification specialists should be able to define the test points needed to model their system (which in the case of aircraft usually consist of maneuvers, flight points, flight conditions) and therefore the authors encourage the users of this workbench to customize the pre-defined test points or at least to question whether the pre-defined ones are suited for their needs. The aim of this paper is to inform the community of the release of this new workbench and presents its capabilities and foreseen uses.