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Physical and especially biological systems behave many times in such a way that the methods of linear system analysis are not adequate, even when “small” signals are used.
This paper presents an approach which has been applied succesfully in the analysis of certain nonlinear biological systems. The method is capable to recognize in these systems the linear and nonlinear elements. Furthermore these elements can be characterized and a functional sequence can be detected. Applications of the method are illustrated for the analysis of two biological systems and the synthesis of a physical system.
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Spekreijse, H., Oosting, H. Linearizing: A method for analysing and synthesizing nonlinear systems. Kybernetik 7, 22–31 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270331
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270331