Robust fusion time‐varying Kalman estimators for multisensor networked systems with mixed uncertainties

This paper addresses the problem of designing robust fusion time‐varying Kalman estimators for a class of multisensor networked systems with mixed uncertainties including multiplicative noises, missing measurements, packet dropouts, and uncertain‐variance linearly correlated measurement and process white noises. By the augmented approach, the original system is converted into a stochastic parameter system with uncertain noise variances. Furthermore, applying the fictitious noise approach, the original system is converted into one with constant parameters and uncertain noise variances. According to the minimax robust estimation principle, based on the worst‐case system with the conservative upper bounds of the noise variances, the five robust fusion time‐varying Kalman estimators (predictor, filter, and smoother) are presented by using a unified design approach that the robust filter and smoother are designed based on the robust Kalman predictor, which include three robust weighted state fusion estimators with matrix weights, diagonal matrix weights, and scalar weights, a modified robust covariance intersection fusion estimator, and robust centralized fusion estimator. Their robustness is proved by using a combination method, which consists of Lyapunov equation approach, augmented noise approach, and decomposition approach of nonnegative definite matrix, such that their actual estimation error variances are guaranteed to have the corresponding minimal upper bounds for all admissible uncertainties. The accuracy relations among the robust local and fused time‐varying Kalman estimators are proved. A simulation example is shown with application to the continuous stirred tank reactor system to show the effectiveness and correctness of the proposed results.     

Robust weighted fusion Kalman estimators for multisensor systems with multiplicative noises and uncertain‐covariances linearly correlated white noises

This paper addresses the design of robust weighted fusion Kalman estimators for a class of uncertain multisensor systems with linearly correlated white noises. The uncertainties of the systems include the same multiplicative noises perturbations both on the systems state and measurement output and the uncertain noise variances. The measurement noises and process noise are linearly correlated. By introducing two fictitious noises, the system under consideration is converted into one with only uncertain noise variances. According to the minimax robust estimation principle, based on the worst‐case systems with the conservative upper bounds of the noise variances, the four robust weighted fusion time‐varying Kalman estimators are presented in a unified framework, which include three robust weighted state fusion estimators with matrix weights, diagonal matrix weights, scalar weights, and a modified robust covariance intersection fusion estimator. The robustness of the designed fusion estimators is proved by using the Lyapunov equation approach such that their actual estimation error variances are guaranteed to have the corresponding minimal upper bounds for all admissible uncertainties. The accuracy relations among the robust local and fused time‐varying Kalman estimators are proved. The corresponding robust local and fused steady‐state Kalman estimators are also presented, a simulation example with application to signal processing to show the effectiveness and correctness of the proposed results. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust fusion steady‐state filtering for multisensor networked systems with one‐step random delay,missing measurements,and uncertain‐variance multiplicative and additive white noises

The robust fusion steady‐state filtering problem is investigated for a class of multisensor networked systems with mixed uncertainties including multiplicative noises, one‐step random delay, missing measurements, and uncertain noise variances, the phenomena of one‐step random delay and missing measurements occur in a random way, and are described by two Bernoulli distributed random variables with known conditional probabilities. Using a model transformation approach, which consists of augmented approach, derandomization approach, and fictitious noise approach, the original multisensor system under study is converted into a multimodel multisensor system with only uncertain noise variances. According to the minimax robust estimation principle, based on the worst‐case subsystems with conservative upper bounds of uncertain noise variances, the robust local steady‐state Kalman estimators (predictor, filter, and smoother) are presented in a unified framework. Applying the optimal fusion algorithm weighted by matrices, the robust distributed weighted state fusion steady‐state Kalman estimators are derived for the considered system. In addition, by using the proposed model transformation approach, the centralized fusion system is obtained, furthermore the robust centralized fusion steady‐state Kalman estimators are proposed. The robustness of the proposed estimators is proved by using a combination method consisting of augmented noise approach, decomposition approach of nonnegative definite matrix, matrix representation approach of quadratic form, and Lyapunov equation approach, such that for all admissible uncertainties, the actual steady‐state estimation error variances of the estimators are guaranteed to have the corresponding minimal upper bounds. The accuracy relations among the robust local and fused steady‐state Kalman estimators are proved. An example with application to autoregressive signal processing is proposed, which shows that the robust local and fusion signal estimation problems can be solved by the state estimation problems. Simulation example verifies the effectiveness and correctness of the proposed results.     

State estimation for stochastic time‐varying multisensor systems with multiplicative noises: Centralized and decentralized data fusion

In this paper, the state estimation problems, including filtering and one‐step prediction, are solved for uncertain stochastic time‐varying multisensor systems by using centralized and decentralized data fusion methods. Uncertainties are considered in all parts of the state space model as multiplicative noises. For the first time, both centralized and decentralized estimators are designed based on the regularized least‐squares method. To design the proposed centralized fusion estimator, observation equations are first rewritten as a stacked observation. Then, an optimal estimator is obtained from a regularized least‐squares problem. In addition, for decentralized data fusion, first, optimal local estimators are designed, and then fusion rule is achieved by solving a least‐squares problem. Two recursive equations are also obtained to compute the unknown covariance matrices of the filtering and prediction errors. Finally, a three‐sensor target‐tracking system is employed to demonstrate the effectiveness and performance of the proposed estimation approaches.     

Robust weighted state fusion Kalman estimators for networked systems with mixed uncertainties

This paper is concerned with robust weighted state fusion estimation problem for a class of time-varying multisensor networked systems with mixed uncertainties including uncertain-variance multiplicative and linearly correlated additive white noises, and packet dropouts. By augmented state method and fictitious noise technique, the original system is converted into one with only uncertain noise variances. According to the minimax robust estimation principle, based on the worst-case system with the conservative upper bounds of uncertain noise variances, four weighted state fusion robust Kalman estimators (filter, predictor and smoother) are presented in a unified form that the robust filter and smoother are designed based on the robust Kalman predictor. Their robustness is proved by the Lyapunov equation approach in the sense that their actual estimation error variances are guaranteed to have the corresponding minimal upper bounds for all admissible uncertainties. Their accuracy relations are proved. The corresponding robust local and fused steady-state Kalman estimators are also presented, and the convergence in a realization between the time-varying and steady-state robust Kalman estimators is proved by the dynamic error system analysis (DESA) method. Finally, a simulation example applied to uninterruptible power system (UPS) shows the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed results.     

Robust centralized and weighted measurement fusion Kalman estimators for uncertain multisensor systems with linearly correlated white noises

This paper addresses the design of robust centralized fusion (CF) and weighted measurement fusion (WMF) Kalman estimators for a class of uncertain multisensor systems with linearly correlated white noises. The uncertainties of the systems include multiplicative noises, missing measurements, and uncertain noise variances. By introducing the fictitious noises, the considered system is converted into one with only uncertain noise variances. According to the minimax robust estimation principle, based on the worst-case system with the conservative upper bounds of uncertain noise variances, the robust CF and WMF time-varying Kalman estimators (predictor, filter, and smoother) are presented in a unified framework. Applying the Lyapunov equation approach, their robustness is proved in the sense that their actual estimation error variances are guaranteed to have the corresponding minimal upper bounds for all admissible uncertainties. Using the information filter, their equivalence is proved. Their accuracy relations are proved. The computational complexities of their algorithms are analyzed and compared. Compared with CF algorithm, the WMF algorithm can significantly reduce the computational burden when the number of sensors is larger. A robust weighted least squares (WLS) measurement fusion filter is also presented only based on the measurement equation, and it is proved that the robust accuracy of the robust CF or WMF Kalman filter is higher than that of robust WLS filter. The corresponding robust fused steady-state estimators are also presented, and the convergence in a realization between the time-varying and steady-state robust fused estimators is proved by the dynamic error system analysis (DESA) method. A simulation example shows the effectiveness and correctness of the proposed results.     

具有传感器增益退化、随机时延和丢包的分布式融合估计器

研究了具有传感器增益退化、模型不确定性、数据传输时延和丢包的网络化多传感器分布式融合估计问题,模型的不确定性描述为系统矩阵受到随机扰动,传感器增益退化现象通过统计特性已知的随机变量来描述,随机时延和丢包现象存在于局部最优状态估计向融合中心传输的过程中.首先,设计了一种局部最优无偏估计器,然后将传输时延描述为随机过程,并在融合中心端建立符合存储规则的时延-丢包模型,利用最优线性无偏估计方法,导出最小方差意义下的分布式融合估计器.最后,通过算例仿真证明所设计融合估计器的有效性.     

带不确定方差乘性和加性噪声系统鲁棒加权 融合稳态Kalman估值器

本文研究带不确定方差乘性和加性噪声和带状态相依及噪声相依乘性噪声的多传感器系统鲁棒加权融合估计问题.通过引入虚拟噪声补偿乘性噪声的不确定性,将原系统化为带确定参数和不确定加性噪声方差的系统,进而利用Lyapunov方程方法提出在统一框架下的按对角阵加权融合极大极小鲁棒稳态Kalman估值器(预报器、滤波器和平滑器),其中基于预报器设计滤波器和平滑器,并给出每个融合器的实际估值误差方差的最小上界.证明了融合器的鲁棒精度高于每个局部估值器的鲁棒精度.应用于不间断电源(uninterruptible power system,UPS)系统鲁棒融合滤波的仿真例子说明了所提结果的正确性和有效性.     

具有不同观测丢失率多传感器随机不确定系统的加权观测融合估计

本文研究了具有丢失观测的多传感器线性离散随机不确定系统的最优线性估计问题,其中不同的传感器具有不同的丢失率.首先将乘性噪声转化为加性噪声,然后基于矩阵满秩分解和加权最小二乘理论,提出了具有较小计算负担的加权观测融合估计算法.分析了加权观测融合估计算法的稳态特性,给出了稳态存在的一个充分条件.所提出的加权观测融合估值器与集中式融合估值器具有相同的精度,即具有全局最优性.仿真研究验证了算法的有效性.     

Robust state estimator design for uncertain linear systems using optimization techniques

The estimation of state variables of dynamic systems in noisy environments has been an active research field in recent decades. In this way, Kalman filtering approach may not be robust in the presence of modeling uncertainties. So, several methods have been proposed to design robust estimators for the systems with uncertain parameters. In this paper, an optimized filter is proposed for this problem considering an uncertain discrete-time linear system. After converting the subject to an optimization problem, three algorithms are used for optimizing the state estimator parameters: particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm, modified genetic algorithm (MGA) and learning automata (LA). Experimental results show that, in comparison with the standard Kalman filter and some related researches, using the proposed optimization methods results in robust performance in the presence of uncertainties. However, MGA-based estimation method shows better performance in the range of uncertain parameter than other optimization methods.     

丢包和量化约束下的不确定系统分布式滚动时域估计

研究了数据丢包和量化约束下的随机不确定系统分布式状态估计问题.将丢包现象描述为随机Bernoulli序列,采用预测补偿机制对数据丢包进行补偿,将量化引入的误差转化为观测方程中的不确定参数,将系统的模型不确定性描述为系数矩阵受到随机扰动;利用固定时域内的所有观测值构造代价函数,将状态估计问题建模为带不确定参数的鲁棒最小二...     

自校正多传感器观测融合Kalman估值器及其收敛性分析

对于带未知噪声方差的多传感器系统,应用加权最小二乘(WLS)法得到了一个加权融合观测方程,且它与状态方程构成一个等价的观测融合系统.应用现代时间序列分析方法,基于观测融合系统的滑动平均(MA)新息模型参数的在线辨识,可在线估计未知噪声方差,进而提出了一种加权观测融合自校正Kalman估值器,可统一处理自校正融合滤波、预报和平滑问题,并用动态误差系统分析方法证明了它的收敛性,即若MA新息模型参数估计是一致的,则它按实现或按概率1收敛到全局最优加权观测融合Kalman估值器,因而具有渐近全局最优性.一个带3传感器跟踪系统的仿真例子说明了其有效性.     

带不确定协方差线性相关白噪声系统改进的鲁棒协方差交叉融合稳态Kalman 估值器

对于带有不确定协方差线性相关白噪声的多传感器系统, 利用Lyapunov 方程提出设计协方差交叉(CI) 融合极大极小鲁棒Kalman 估值器(预报器、滤波器、平滑器) 的一种统一方法. 利用保守的局部估值误差互协方差, 提出改进的CI 融合鲁棒稳态Kalman 估值器及其实际估值误差方差最小上界, 克服了用原始CI 融合方法给出的上界具有较大保守性的缺点, 改善了原始CI 融合器鲁棒精度. 跟踪系统的仿真例子验证了所提出方法的正确性和有效性.

     

Distributed fusion filters from uncertain measured outputs in sensor networks with random packet losses

This paper addresses the distributed fusion filtering problem for discrete-time random signals from measured outputs perturbed by random parameter matrices and correlated additive noises. These measurements are obtained by a sensor network with a given topology, where random packet dropouts occur during the data transmission through the different network communication channels. The distributed fusion estimation is accomplished in two phases. Firstly, by an innovation approach and using the last observation that successfully arrived if a packet is lost, a preliminary distributed least-squares estimator is designed at each sensor node using its own measurements and those from its neighbors. Secondly, every sensor collects the preliminary filters that are successfully received from its neighbors and fuses this information with its own one to generate the least-squares linear matrix-weighted distributed fusion estimator. The accuracy of the proposed estimators, which is measured by the estimation error covariances, is examined by a numerical simulation example.     

Event-triggered robust distributed state estimation for sensor networks with state-dependent noises

This paper is concerned with the event-triggered distributed state estimation problem for a class of uncertain stochastic systems with state-dependent noises and randomly occurring uncertainties over sensor networks. An event-triggered communication scheme is proposed in order to determine whether the measurements on each sensor should be transmitted to the estimators or not. The norm-bounded uncertainty enters into the system in a random way. Through available output measurements from not only the individual sensor but also its neighbouring sensors, a sufficient condition is established for the desired distributed estimator to ensure that the estimation error dynamics are exponentially mean-square stable. These conditions are characterized in terms of the feasibility of a set of linear matrix inequalities, and then the explicit expression is given for the distributed estimator gains. Finally, a simulation example is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed event-triggered distributed state estimation scheme.     

具有传感器增益退化的不确定系统融合估计器

研究具有传感器增益退化、模型不确定性的多传感器融合估计问题, 其中传感器增益退化现象描述为统计特性已知的随机变量, 模型的不确定性描述为系统矩阵受到随机扰动. 设计一种局部无偏估计器结构, 并建立以局部估计器增益为决策变量、以有限时域下融合估计误差为代价函数的优化问题. 在给出标量融合权重时, 考虑到求得最优的局部估计器增益的解析形式较为困难, 通过最小化代价函数的上界得到一组次优的局部估计器增益. 最后通过算例仿真表明了所设计融合估计器的有效性.

     

自校正解耦信息融合Wiener状态估值器

对含未知噪声方差阵的多传感器系统,用现代时间序列分析方法.基于滑动平均(MA)新息模型的在线辨识和求解相关函数矩阵方程组,可得到估计噪声方差阵估值器,进而在按分量标量加权线性最小方差最优信息融合则下,提出了自校正解耦信息融合Wiener状态估值器.它的精度比每个局部自校正Wiener状态估值器精度高.它实现了状态分量的解耦局部Wiener估值器和解耦融合Wiener估值器.证明了它的收敛性,即若MA新息模型参数估计是一致的,则它将收敛于噪声统计已知时的最优解耦信息融合Wiener状态估值器,因而它具有渐近最优性.一个带3传感器的目标跟踪系统的仿真例子说明了其有效性.     

网络化不确定系统集中式融合鲁棒稳态估值器

对于一类在状态转移阵和系统观测阵中带相同的状态依赖乘性噪声、带噪声依赖乘性噪声、一步随机观测滞后、丢包和不确定噪声方差的多传感器网络化系统,文章研究其鲁棒集中式融合稳态滤波问题.应用增广方法将系统转换为带随机参数矩阵、相同过程和观测噪声的集中式融合系统.应用去随机化方法和虚拟噪声技术,系统进一步转化为仅带不确定噪声方差的集中式融合系统.根据极大极小鲁棒估计原理,本文提出了鲁棒集中式融合稳态Kalman估值器(预报器、滤波器和平滑器),证明了所提出的集中式融合估值器的鲁棒性,给出了鲁棒局部与集中式融合估值器之间的精度关系.本文提出了应用于多传感器多通道滑动平均(MA)信号估计的一个实例,给出了相应的鲁棒局部和集中式融合信号估值器.仿真实验验证了所提出方法的有效性和正确性.     

通信受限下网络化多传感器系统的Kalman融合估计

研究了一类通信受限下网络化多传感器系统的 Kalman 融合估计问题, 其中通信受限 是指系统在一个采样周期内只允许有限个传感器与融合中心通信. 首先, 提出了一种周期性分组传输的通信策略, 并将每组传感器所对应的局部估计系统描述成一个离散周期子系统模型. 其次, 每个子系统根据最新测量信息的更新时刻, 选择相应的 Kalman 估计器 (滤波器或预报器), 从而得到各子系统在每一时刻的一个局部最优估计, 再通过矩阵加权线性最小方差最优融合准则得到最优融合估计,并给出了Kalman融合估计器的设计方法. 最后, 通过一个目标跟踪例子验证所提方法的有效性.     

Estimating quantiles under sampling on two occasions with arbitrary sample designs

A practical problem related to the estimation of quantiles in double sampling with arbitrary sampling designs in each of the two phases is investigated. In practice, this scheme is commonly used for official surveys, in which quantile estimation is often required when the investigation deals with variables such as income or expenditure. A class of estimators for quantiles is proposed and some important properties, such as asymptotic unbiasedness and asymptotic variance, are established. The optimal estimator, in the sense of minimizing the asymptotic variance, is also presented. The proposed class contains several known types of estimators, such as ratio and regression estimators, which are of practical application and are therefore derived. Assuming several populations, the proposed estimators are compared with the direct estimator via an empirical study. Results show that a gain in efficiency can be obtained.