Optimal filtering for polynomial system states with polynomial multiplicative noise

In this paper, the optimal filtering problem for polynomial system states with polynomial multiplicative noise over linear observations is treated proceeding from the general expression for the stochastic Ito differential of the optimal estimate and the error variance. As a result, the Ito differentials for the optimal estimate and error variance corresponding to the stated filtering problem are first derived. The procedure for obtaining a closed system of the filtering equations for any polynomial state with polynomial multiplicative noise over linear observations is then established, which yields the explicit closed form of the filtering equations in the particular cases of a linear state equation with linear multiplicative noise and a bilinear state equation with bilinear multiplicative noise. In the example, performance of the designed optimal filter is verified for a quadratic state with a quadratic multiplicative noise over linear observations against the optimal filter for a quadratic state with a state‐independent noise and a conventional extended Kalman–Bucy filter. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Mean-square filter design for stochastic polynomial systems with Gaussian and Poisson noises

This paper addresses the mean-square finite-dimensional filtering problem for polynomial system states with both, Gaussian and Poisson, white noises over linear observations. A constructive procedure is established to design the mean-square filtering equations for system states described by polynomial equations of an arbitrary finite degree. An explicit closed form of the designed filter is obtained in case of a third-order polynomial system. The theoretical result is complemented with an illustrative example verifying performance of the designed filter.     

Optimal filtering for linear state delay systems

In this note, the optimal filtering problem for linear systems with state delay over linear observations is treated proceeding from the general expression for the stochastic Ito differential of the optimal estimate and the error variance. As a result, the optimal estimate equation similar to the traditional Kalman-Bucy one is derived; however, it is impossible to obtain a system of the filtering equations, that is closed with respect to the only two variables, the optimal estimate and the error variance, as in the Kalman-Bucy filter. The resulting system of equations for determining the error variance consists of a set of equations, whose number is specified by the ratio between the current filtering horizon and the delay value in the state equation and increases as the filtering horizon tends to infinity. In the example, performance of the designed optimal filter for linear systems with state delay is verified against the best Kalman-Bucy filter available for linear systems without delays and two versions of the extended Kalman-Bucy filter for time-delay systems.     

Discrete-time filtering for nonlinear polynomial systems over linear observations

This paper designs a discrete-time filter for nonlinear polynomial systems driven by additive white Gaussian noises over linear observations. The solution is obtained by computing the time-update and measurement-update equations for the state estimate and the error covariance matrix. A closed form of this filter is obtained by expressing the conditional expectations of polynomial terms as functions of the estimate and the error covariance. As a particular case, a third-degree polynomial is considered to obtain the finite-dimensional filtering equations. Numerical simulations are performed for a third-degree polynomial system and an induction motor model. Performance of the designed filter is compared with the extended Kalman one to verify its effectiveness.     

Discrete-time optimal control for stochastic nonlinear polynomial systems

This paper presents a solution to the discrete-time optimal control problem for stochastic nonlinear polynomial systems over linear observations and a quadratic criterion. The solution is obtained in two steps: the optimal control algorithm is developed for nonlinear polynomial systems by considering complete information when generating a control law. Then, the state estimate equations for discrete-time stochastic nonlinear polynomial system over linear observations are employed. The closed-form solution is finally obtained substituting the state estimates into the obtained control law. The designed optimal control algorithm can be applied to both distributed and lumped systems. To show effectiveness of the proposed controller, an illustrative example is presented for a second degree polynomial system. The obtained results are compared to the optimal control for the linearized system.     

Optimal linear filtering over observations with multiple delays

In this paper, the optimal filtering problem for a linear system over observations with multiple delays is treated proceeding from the general expression for the stochastic Ito differential of the optimal estimate and its variance. As a result, the optimal filtering equations similar to the traditional Kalman–Bucy ones are obtained in the form dual to the Smith predictor, commonly used for robust control design in time‐delay systems. In the example, the obtained optimal filter over observations with multiple delays is verified for a sample system and compared with the best Kalman–Bucy filter available for delayed measurements. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Optimal filtering for linear systems with state and observation delays

In this paper, the optimal filtering problem for linear systems with state and observation delays is treated proceeding from the general expression for the stochastic Ito differential of the optimal estimate, error variance, and various error covariances. As a result, the optimal estimate equation similar to the traditional Kalman–Bucy one is derived; however, it is impossible to obtain a system of the filtering equations, that is closed with respect to the only two variables, the optimal estimate and the error variance, as in the Kalman–Bucy filter. The resulting system of equations for determining the filter gain matrix consists, in the general case, of an infinite set of equations. It is however demonstrated that a finite set of the filtering equations, whose number is specified by the ratio between the current filtering horizon and the delay values, can be obtained in the particular case of equal or commensurable (τ=qh, q is natural) delays in the observation and state equations. In the example, performance of the designed optimal filter for linear systems with state and observation delays is verified against the best Kalman–Bucy filter available for linear systems without delays and two versions of the extended Kalman–Bucy filter for time delay systems. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Discrete-time controller for stochastic nonlinear polynomial systems with Poisson noises

This paper presents a solution to the optimal control problem for discrete-time stochastic nonlinear polynomial systems confused with white Poisson noises subject to a quadratic criterion. The solution is obtained in the following way: a nonlinear optimal controller is first developed for polynomial systems, considering the state vector completely available for control design. Then, based on the solution of the state estimation problem for polynomial systems with white Poisson noises, the state estimate vector is used in the control law to obtain a closed-form solution. Performance of this controller is compared to that of the controller employing the extended Kalman filter and the linear-quadratic regulator and the controller designed for polynomial systems confused with white Gaussian noises.     

Root-mean-square filtering of the state of polynomial stochastic systems with multiplicative noise

Some results obtained by the present author in the field of designing the finitedimensional root-mean-square filters for stochastic systems with polynomial equations of state and multiplicative noise from the linear observations were overviewed. A procedure to derive the finite-dimensional system of approximate filtering equations for a polynomial arbitrary-order equation of state was presented. The closed system of filtering equations for the root-mean-square estimate and covariance matrix error was deduced explicitly for special cases of linear and quadratic coefficients of drift and diffusion in the equation of state. For linear stochastic systems with unknown parameters, the problem of joint root-mean-square state filtering and identification of the parameters from linear observations was considered in the Appendix.     

Robust filtering with stochastic nonlinearities and multiple missing measurements

This paper is concerned with the filtering problem for a class of discrete-time uncertain stochastic nonlinear time-delay systems with both the probabilistic missing measurements and external stochastic disturbances. The measurement missing phenomenon is assumed to occur in a random way, and the missing probability for each sensor is governed by an individual random variable satisfying a certain probabilistic distribution over the interval . Such a probabilistic distribution could be any commonly used discrete distribution over the interval . The multiplicative stochastic disturbances are in the form of a scalar Gaussian white noise with unit variance. The purpose of the addressed filtering problem is to design a filter such that, for the admissible random measurement missing, stochastic disturbances, norm-bounded uncertainties as well as stochastic nonlinearities, the error dynamics of the filtering process is exponentially mean-square stable. By using the linear matrix inequality (LMI) method, sufficient conditions are established that ensure the exponential mean-square stability of the filtering error, and then the filter parameters are characterized by the solution to a set of LMIs. Illustrative examples are exploited to show the effectiveness of the proposed design procedures.     

Chebyshev polynomial Kalman filter

A novel Gaussian state estimator named Chebyshev polynomial Kalman filter is proposed that exploits the exact and closed-form calculation of posterior moments for polynomial nonlinearities. An arbitrary nonlinear system is at first approximated via a Chebyshev polynomial series. By exploiting special properties of the Chebyshev polynomials, exact expressions for mean and variance are then provided in computationally efficient vector-matrix notation for prediction and measurement update. Approximation and state estimation are performed in a black-box fashion without the need of manual operation or manual inspection. The superior performance of the Chebyshev polynomial Kalman filter compared to state-of-the-art Gaussian estimators is demonstrated by means of numerical simulations and a real-world application.     

基于强跟踪滤波器及小波变换的非线性系统参数辨识及应用

本文采用强跟踪滤波器为主要框架, 通过线性化和状态扩展解决非线性系统时变参数和状态的估计问题. 在普通强跟踪滤波器的基础上, 以小波变换估计量测噪声, 采用滤波增益调整系数解决过跟踪问题, 给出了主要的计算公式和参数的取值方法, Monte Carlo仿真和在弹道方程参数辨识中的应用结果表明, 本方法不但对突变参数具有强跟踪能力, 在噪声方差发生变化的情况下, 仍可以对非线性参数进行准确的辨识, 状态与参数估计精度高于 普通的强跟踪滤波器.     

Optimal state estimation for stochastic systems: an informationtheoretic approach

In this paper, we examine the problem of optimal state estimation or filtering in stochastic systems using an approach based on information theoretic measures. In this setting, the traditional minimum mean-square measure is compared with information theoretic measures, Kalman filtering theory is reexamined, and some new interpretations are offered. We show that for a linear Gaussian system, the Kalman filter is the optimal filter not only for the mean-square error measure, but for several information theoretic measures which are introduced in this work. For nonlinear systems, these same measures generally are in conflict with each other, and the feedback control policy has a dual role with regard to regulation and estimation. For linear stochastic systems with general noise processes, a lower bound on the achievable mutual information between the estimation error and the observation are derived. The properties of an optimal (probing) control law and the associated optimal filter, which achieve this lower bound, and their relationships are investigated. It is shown that for a linear stochastic system with an affine linear filter for the homogeneous system, under some reachability and observability conditions, zero mutual information between estimation error and observations can be achieved only when the system is Gaussian     

Optimal controller for uncertain stochastic polynomial systems with deterministic disturbances

This article presents the optimal quadratic-Gaussian controller for uncertain stochastic polynomial systems with unknown coefficients and matched deterministic disturbances over linear observations and a quadratic criterion. The optimal closed-form controller equations are obtained through the separation principle, whose applicability to the considered problem is substantiated. As intermediate results, this article gives closed-form solutions of the optimal regulator, controller and identifier problems for stochastic polynomial systems with linear control input and a quadratic criterion. The original problem for uncertain stochastic polynomial systems with matched deterministic disturbances is solved using the integral sliding mode algorithm. Performance of the obtained optimal controller is verified in the illustrative example against the conventional quadratic-Gaussian controller that is optimal for stochastic polynomial systems with known parameters and without deterministic disturbances. Simulation graphs demonstrating overall performance and computational accuracy of the designed optimal controller are included.     

Quantised polynomial filtering for nonlinear systems with missing measurements

This paper is concerned with the polynomial filtering problem for a class of nonlinear systems with quantisations and missing measurements. The nonlinear functions are approximated with polynomials of a chosen degree and the approximation errors are described as low-order polynomial terms with norm-bounded coefficients. The transmitted outputs are quantised by a logarithmic quantiser and are also subject to randomly missing measurements governed by a Bernoulli distributed sequence taking values on 0 or 1. Dedicated efforts are made to derive an upper bound of the filtering error covariance in the simultaneous presence of the polynomial approximation errors, the quantisations as well as the missing measurements at each time instant. Such an upper bound is then minimised through designing a suitable filter gain by solving a set of matrix equations. The filter design algorithm is recursive and therefore applicable for online computation. An illustrative example is exploited to show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.     

Optimal control for a polynomial system with a quadratic criterion over infinite horizon

This paper proposes an optimal control algorithm for a polynomial system with a quadratic criterion over infinite horizon. The designed regulator gives a closed-form solution to the infinite horizon optimal control problem for a polynomial system with a quadratic criterion. The obtained solution consists of a feedback control law obtained by solving a Riccati algebraic equation dependent on the state. Numerical simulations in the example show advantages of the developed algorithm.     

Variance-constrained multiobjective filtering for uncertain continuous-time stochastic systems

In this paper, we consider stochastic linear continuous-time systems subject to parameter uncertainties affecting both system dynamics and noise statistics. A linear filter is used to estimate a linear combination of the states of the system. The problem addressed is the design of a perturbation-independent filter such that, for all admissible parameter perturbations, the following three objectives are simultaneously achieved. Firstly the filtering process is D-stable, that is, the eigenvalues of the filtering matrix are located inside a prespecified disc. Secondly the steady-state variance of the estimation error of each state is not more than the individual prespecified value. Thirdly the transfer function from exogenous noise inputs to error state outputs meets the prespecified H norm upper bound constraint. Therefore, the resulting filtering process will be provided with the expected transient property, steady-state error variance constraint and disturbance rejection behaviour, irrespective of the parameter uncertainties. An effective algebraic matrix inequality approach is developed to solve such a multiobjective H₂     

Design and analysis of discrete-time robust Kalman filters

In this paper, the problem of finite and infinite horizon robust Kalman filtering for uncertain discrete-time systems is studied. The system under consideration is subject to time-varying norm-bounded parameter uncertainty in both the state and output matrices. The problem addressed is the design of linear filters having an error variance with an optimized guaranteed upper bound for any allowed uncertainty. A novel technique is developed for robust filter design. This technique gives necessary and sufficient conditions to the design of robust quadratic filters over finite and infinite horizon in terms of a pair of parameterized Riccati equations. Feasibility and convergence properties of the robust quadratic filters are also analyzed.     

Error variance-constrained ℋ∞ filtering for a class of nonlinear stochastic systems with degraded measurements: the finite horizon case

This article is concerned with the robust ?_∞ filtering problem for a class of time-varying nonlinear stochastic systems with error variance constraint. The stochastic nonlinearities considered are quite general, which contain several well-studied stochastic nonlinear systems as special cases. The purpose of the filtering problem is to design a filter which is capable of achieving the pre-specified ?_∞ performance and meanwhile guaranteeing a minimised upper-bounded on the filtering error variance. By means of the adjoint system method, a necessary and sufficient condition for satisfying the ?_∞ constraint is first given, expressed as a forward Riccati-like difference equation. Then an upper-bound on the variance of filtering error system is given, guaranteeing the error variance is not more than a certain value at each sampling instant. The existence condition for the desired filter is established, in terms of the feasibility of a set of difference Riccati-like equations, which can be solved forward in time, hence is suitable for online computation. A numerical example is presented finally to show the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed method.