Handout 15: Describing functions, Introduction
Eric Feron
March 31, 2004
General Philosophy
General reponse of arbitrary nonlinear systems is somewhat complicated.
We usually know the systems we work with.
Work with ?nite families of ’most likely responses’.
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Typical most likely responses:
Sinusoidal
Bias - almost ’constant’ signals
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Typical most likely responses:
Slow signals + fast oscillations
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The ?ltering idea
Basic principles for working with ’most likely responses
’Rayleigh-Ritz approximations’
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