Childs, S. Bart2022-10-062022-10-06196813869350https://hdl.handle.net/10657/12236The theoretical development and application of a quasilinearization technique to problems of system identification is presented. A one-degree-of-freedom system is used for the examples for the identification problems. Several numerical experiments are presented relating the effects of noisy input data to the accuracy obtained in computing unknown parameters of the governing differential equations. Also presented is the application of quasilinearization to the identification problems of automobile coasting dynamics. Conclusions from these experiments are included.application/pdfenThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.Thesisreformatted digital