title: Structural identifiability of viscoelastic mechanical systems.
abstract: We solve the local and global structural identifiability problems for viscoelastic mechanical models represented by networks of springs and dashpots. We propose a very simple characterization of both local and global structural identifiability based on identifiability tables, with the purpose of providing a guideline for constructing arbitrarily complex, identifiable spring-dashpot networks. We illustrate how to use our results in a number of examples and point to some applications in cardiovascular modeling.
authors: Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
authors: Adam
authors: A
authors: Mahdi
authors: Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
authors: Nicolette
authors: N
authors: Meshkat
authors: Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
authors: Seth
authors: S
authors: Sullivant
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004548:Elasticity; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014783:Viscosity