SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS
IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

Jin-Song Pei
School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
The University of Oklahoma

 In a special issue (Vol. 123, No. 9, September 1997) in the ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics with the title of
“Structural Control: Past, Present, and Future” authored by Housner, Bergman, Caughey, Chassiakos, Claus, Masri, Skelton,
Soong, Spencer, and Yao, modeling and identification of structures was specified as one of the identified future research needs.
Up to date, there have been many active research activities going on in the area of system identification. This website offers
a brief tour to this nontraditional area of research in structural engineering and engineering mechanics. Materials especially
information available online are collected and organized to serve as the purpose of applications to earthquake engineering
under the following four parts:

I. What is System Identification?

II. How Could System Identification Be Applied to Earthquake Engineering?

III. Where to Find General Information on System Identification and Its Applications in Structural Engineering
Especially Earthquake Engineering?

IV. Case Study in System Identification