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Applications of Wiener-like identification methods to biological systems have revealed several limitations of this technique. These practical limitations correspond to conceptual and mathematical problems intrinsic to this kind of identification of nonlinear systems.
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Palm, G., Poggio, T. Wiener-like system identification in physiology. J. Math. Biol. 4, 375–381 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00275085
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