%0 Journal Article %A Aranda, Joaquín %A Cruz García, Jesús Manuel de la %A Díaz, J. M. %T Identification of multivariable models of fast ferries %D 2004 %@ 0947-3580 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51037 %X This work presents the formal approach for identifying continuous transfer functions of the vertical dynamics of a high-speed ship as a nonlinear optimization problem with linear constraints. The proposed solution is described with a hybrid optimization method (genetic algorithm + nonlinear optimization algorithm with linear constraints from the Matlab toolbox). %~