This document presents a method for network identification via node knock-out. It discusses using input-output data from a network under different node knockout conditions to identify the network structure. Specifically, it shows how the characteristic polynomials of the original and grounded networks relate to the network's generating function and Laplacian matrix. This allows exact recovery of the network from system identification. Applications to fault detection are also discussed, where changes in characteristic polynomials after node removal can localize broken links.
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