Baker, Christopher T. H.Parmuzin, Evgeny I.2009-05-082009-05-082005-09-15Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 181, 2005, pp. 420-4410377-042710.1016/j.cam.2004.11.035http://hdl.handle.net/10034/67639This article is not available through ChesterRepIn the present work, we analyze a discrete analogue for the problem of the identification of the initial function for a delay differential equation (DDE) discussed by Baker and Parmuzin in 2004. The basic problem consists of finding an initial function that gives rise to a solution of a discretized DDE, which is a close fit to observed data.endiscrete delay differential equationsinitial functiondiscrete adjoint equationsArticleJournal of Computational and Applied Mathematics