“…To date several types of glucose metabolism models have been proposed for the purpose of simulation and in-silico trial, glucose changes prediction and hypo-, hyperglycaemia early detection (see, e.g., Cobelli et al, 2009 for a comprehensive review). Most of these efforts were first-principles-based descriptions of diabetes physiology (Bergman, Phillips, & Cobelli, 1981;Dalla Man, Rizza, & Cobelli, 2007;Wilinska et al, 2005) and only to a lesser extent mathematical modelling by means of system identification (Cescon, Ståhl, Landin-Olsson, & Johansson, 2009;Cescon, Stemmann, & Johansson, 2012;Finan, Jorgensen, Poulsen, & Madsen, 2010;Kirchsteiger, Castillo Estrada, Pölzer, del Re, & Renard, 2011;Kirchsteiger, Pölzer, Johansson, Renard, & del Re, 2011;van Heudsen, Dassau, Zisser, Seborg, & Doyle, 2012). However, while many of these models exhibit good predictive performances, less attention has been dedicated to the fundamental aspects of estimating correct signs and time constants of the identified models' impulse responses as pointed out in Ståhl (2012).…”