Garnier, H.Young, Peter C2015-12-10July 11-139783902823069http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69193Direct identification of continuous-time models from sampled data is now mature. The developed methods have proven successful in many practical applications and are available as user-friendly and computationally efficient algorithms in the CAPTAIN and CONTSID toolboxes for Matlab". Surprisingly many practitioners appear unaware that such methods not only exist but may be better suited to their modelling problems. This paper discusses and illustrates with the help of real-life data the advantages of these direct schemes to continuous-time model identification.Keywords: Computationally efficient; Continuous time models; Direct identifications; Discrete-time data; Real life data; Sampled data; Algorithms; Identification (control systems); MATLAB; Continuous time systems Continuous-time model; Discrete-time data; Real-life data; System identification201210.3182/20120711-3-BE-2027.002332016-02-24