Reconstruction of time-delay systems under external periodic driving

A method is proposed for the reconstruction of first-order time-delay systems under external periodic driving from their time series. The method takes into account the structure of the model equation of the system, while constructing the autoregressive model. The proposed method allows one to reconstruct the delay time, the parameter characterizing the system inertial properties, the nonlinear function, and the amplitude and frequency of the external periodic driving. The method efficiency is demonstrated in a numerical experiment by reconstructing a number of different nonautonomous time-delay systems.