This paper presents identification of both network connected systems as well as distributed systems governed by PDEs in the framework of distributed optimization via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers. This approach opens first the possibility to identify distributed models in a global manner using all available data sequences and second the possibility for a distributed implementation. The latter will make the application to large scale complex systems possible. In addition to outlining a new large scale identification method, illustrations are shown for identifying both network connected systems and discretized PDEs.

Submitted to IEEE CDC 2014