Robust two-stage Kalman filters for systems with unknown inputs

A method is developed for the state estimation of linear time-varying discrete systems with unknown inputs. By making use of the two-stage Kalman filtering technique and a proposed unknown inputs filtering technique, a robust two-stage Kalman filter which is unaffected by the unknown inputs can be readily derived and serves as an alternative to the Kitanidis' (1987) unbiased minimum-variance filter. The application of this new filter is illustrated by optimal filtering for systems with unknown inputs     

Distributed fusion cubature Kalman filters for nonlinear systems

This paper is concerned with the distributed fusion estimation problem for multisensor nonlinear systems. Based on the Kalman filtering framework and the spherical cubature rule, a general method for calculating the cross‐covariance matrices between any two local estimators is presented for multisensor nonlinear systems. In the linear unbiased minimum variance sense, based on the cross‐covariance matrices, a distributed fusion cubature Kalman filter weighted by matrices (MW‐CKF) is presented. The proposed MW‐CKF has better accuracy and robustness. An example verifies the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.     

不确定噪声方差定常系统保性能鲁棒Kalman滤波器

对带不确定噪声方差线性定常系统鲁棒Kalman滤波,提出一般的统一的保性能鲁棒性概念.用Lyapunov方程方法,提出两类保性能极大极小鲁棒稳态Kalman滤波器.一类是寻求不确定噪声方差最大扰动域(鲁棒域),使得对于扰动域内的所有扰动,确保系统滤波精度偏差的最大下界是零,最小上界是所预置的精度偏差指标;另一类是在预置噪声方差有界扰动域内,寻求滤波精度偏差的最大下界和最小上界.通过引入不确定噪声方差扰动的参数化表示,问题转化为相应的非线性与线性最优化问题,可分别用Lagrange乘数法和线性规划(LP)方法求解.应用于跟踪系统的仿真例子验证了所提结果的正确性和有效性.     

On Kalman filtering for conditionally Gaussian systems with random matrices

We consider linear stochastic systems with additive white Gaussian noise, with the added generality that the system matrices are random and adapted to the observation process. The main result of this paper is that in order for the standard Kalman filter to generate the conditional mean and conditional covariance of the conditionally Gaussian distributed state, it is sufficient for the random matrices to be finite with probability one at each time instant. This generalizes the best previous results available to date, to our knowledge, which require the more stringent hypothesis that the entries of the random matrices should possess finite second moments at each time instant.

A significant application of the results of this paper is to the problem of recursive identification of the unknown parameters of a controlled linear stochastic system. In such problems, the observation matrix is typically generated by complicated nonlinear feedback, as for example in adaptive control, and the finiteness of the second moments is difficult, if not impossible, to establish, while the finiteness with probability one has been established in many applications.     

广义系统信息融合稳态与自校正满阶Kalman滤波器

基于线性最小方差标量加权融合算法和射影理论,对带多个传感器和带相关噪声的广义系统,提出了分布式标量加权融合稳态满阶Kalman滤波器.推得了任两个传感器子系统之间的稳态满阶滤波误差互协方差阵,其解可任选初值离线迭代计算.所提出的稳态融合滤波器避免了每时刻计算协方差阵和融合权重,减小了在线计算负担.当系统含有未知模型参数时,基于递推增广最小二乘算法和标量加权融合算法,提出了一种两段融合自校正状态滤波器.其中第1段融合获得未知参数的融合估计;第2段融合获得分布式自校正融合状态滤波器.与局部估计和加权平均融合估计相比,所提出的标量加权融合参数估计和自校正状态估计都具有更高的精度.仿真研究验证了其有效性.     

Kalman filters for non-linear systems: a comparison of performance

The Kalman filter is a well-known recursive state estimator for linear systems. In practice, the algorithm is often used for non-linear systems by linearizing the system's process and measurement models. Different ways of linearizing the models lead to different filters. In some applications, these?‘Kalman filter variants’?seem to perform well, while for other applications they are useless. When choosing a filter for a new application, the literature gives us little to rely on. This paper tries to bridge the gap between the theoretical derivation of a Kalman filter variant and its performance in practice when applied to a non-linear system, by providing an application-independent analysis of the performances of the common Kalman filter variants.

This paper separates performance evaluation of Kalman filters into (i) consistency, and (ii) information content of the estimates; and it separates the filter structure into (i) the process update step, and (ii) the measurement update step. This decomposition provides the insights supporting an objective and systematic evaluation of the appropriateness of a particular Kalman filter variant in a particular application.     

Consistent Kalman filters for nonlinear uncertain systems over sensor networks

In this paper, we study how to design filters for nonlinear uncertain systems over sensor networks. We introduce two Kalman-type nonlinear filters in centralized and distributed frameworks. Moreover, the tuning method for the parameters of the filters is established to ensure the consistency, i.e., the mean square error is upper bounded by a known parameter matrix at each time. We apply the consistent filters to the track-to-track association analysis of multi-targets with uncertain dynamics. A novel track-to-track association algorithm is proposed to identify whether two tracks are from the same target. It is proven that the resulting probability of mis-association is lower than the desired threshold. Numerical simulations on track-to-track association are given to show the effectiveness of the methods.     

Multiscale systems, Kalman filters, and Riccati equations

An algorithm analogous to the Rauch-Tung-Striebel algorithm-consisting of a fine-to-coarse Kalman filter-like sweep followed by a coarse-to-fine smoothing step-was developed previously by the authors (ibid. vol.39, no.3, p.464-78 (1994)). In this paper they present a detailed system-theoretic analysis of this filter and of the new scale-recursive Riccati equation associated with it. While this analysis is similar in spirit to that for standard Kalman filters, the structure of the dyadic tree leads to several significant differences. In particular, the structure of the Kalman filter error dynamics leads to the formulation of an ML version of the filtering equation and to a corresponding smoothing algorithm based on triangularizing the Hamiltonian for the smoothing problem. In addition, the notion of stability for dynamics requires some care as do the concepts of reachability and observability. Using these system-theoretic constructs, the stability and steady-state behavior of the fine-to-coarse Kalman filter and its Riccati equation are analysed     

Unscented and square‐root unscented Kalman filters for quaternionic systems

Proper construction of an unscented Kalman filter (UKF) for unit quaternionic systems is not straightforward due to the incompatibility between the algebraic properties of the unit quaternions and the common real vector space operations (additions and scalar multiplications) needed in the steps of a filter algorithm. This work studies, in detail, all UKFs and square‐root UKFs for quaternionic systems proposed in the literature. First, we classify the algorithms according to the preservation of the unity norm of the quaternion variables. Second, we propose two new algorithms: the quaternionic additive unscented Kalman filter (QuAdUKF) and a square‐root variant of it. The QuAdUKF encompasses all known UKFs for quaternionic systems of the literature preserving, in all steps, the norm of the unit quaternion variables. Besides, it can also yield new UKFs with this norm preservation property. The QuAdUKF's square‐root variant has better properties in comparison with all the square‐root UKFs for quaternionic systems of the literature. Numerical experiments for a spacecraft attitude estimation problem illustrate the theoretical results.     

Extended Kalman filters for fractional‐order nonlinear continuous‐time systems containing unknown parameters with correlated colored noises

By using the Grünwald‐Letnikov (G‐L) difference method and the Tustin generating function method, this study presents extended Kalman filters to achieve satisfactory state estimation for fractional‐order nonlinear continuous‐time systems that containing some unknown parameters with the correlated fractional‐order colored noises. Based on the G‐L difference method and the Tustin generating function method, the difference equations corresponding to fractional‐order nonlinear continuous‐time systems are constructed respectively. The first‐order Taylor expansion is used to linearize the nonlinear functions in the estimated system, which provides the system model for extended Kalman filters. Using the augmented vector method, the unknown parameters are regarded as new state vectors, and the augmented difference equation is constructed. Based on the augmented difference equation, extended Kalman filters are designed to estimate the state of fractional‐order nonlinear systems with process noise as fractional‐order colored noise or measurement noise as fractional‐order colored noise. Meanwhile, the extended Kalman filters proposed in this paper can also estimate the unknown parameters effectively. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed extended Kalman filters is validated in simulation with two examples.     

Kalman filtering for continuous-time uncertain systems withMarkovian jumping parameters

Studies the problem of Kalman filtering for a class of uncertain linear continuous-time systems with Markovian jumping parameters. The system under consideration is subjected to time-varying norm-bounded parameter uncertainties in the state and measurement equations. Stochastic quadratic stability of the above system is analyzed. A state estimator is designed such that the covariance of the estimation error is guaranteed to be within a certain bound for all admissible uncertainties, which is in terms of solutions of two sets of coupled algebraic Riccati equations     

A modified extended Kalman filter for linear discrete-time systems with unknown parameters

This technical communique presents a modified extended Kalman filter for estimating the states and unknown parameters in discrete-time, multi-input multi-output linear systems. The hyperstability of the filter is guaranteed by introducing a compensator into the estimation mechanism. It is proved that the estimates for the states and unknown parameters converge to the exact values if some conditions are assumed to the estimation mechanism. A numerical example shows that the proposed filter is much more effective than the extended Kalman filter in the estimation of unknown parameters.     

Separate-bias estimation with reduced-order Kalman filters

This paper presents the optimal two-stage Kalman filter for systems that involve noise-free observations and constant but unknown bias. Like the full-order separate-bias Kalman filter, this new filter provides an alternative to state vector augmentation and offers the same potential for improved numerical accuracy and reduced computational burden. When dealing with systems involving accurate, essentially noise-free measurements, this new filter offers an additional advantage, a reduction in filter order. The optimal separate-bias reduced order estimator involves a reduced order filter for estimating the state, the order equalling the number of states less the number of observations     

Statistical properties of response for nonlinear structural systems with random parameters

A probabilistic algorithm for calculating the statistical properties of response due to uncertainties in geometry and material properties for geometrically nonlinear structural dynamics is presented. It is shown here that this technique is readily applicable to geometrically nonlinear small strain dynamic problems in which the equations of motion of structures are derived using the finite element method. A general formulation for problems of this type is presented. The efficiency of the method is illustrated by application to nonlinear vibration of a cantilever beam with random parameters.     

Statistics of eigensolutions for systems with random shape parameters using BEM

This paper presents a probabilistic boundary element method for analysis of the statistics of structural eigenvalues and eigenvectors, when the shape parameters of the structures are considered as random variables. Using this method, engineers are able to estimate the errors of the structural eigenvalues and eigenvectors resulting from manufacturing errors, and evaluate the differences between the experimental results and numerical results, which are given by the finite element method or boundary element method, etc. This method can be used to design and analyse the components of engineering structures because of its simplicity and effectiveness.     

Fractional-order Kalman filters for continuous-time linear and nonlinear fractional-order systems using Tustin generating function

This paper presents the fractional-order Kalman filters using Tustin generating function for linear and nonlinear fractional-order systems involving process noise and measurement noise. By using the Tustin generating function, the differential equation model is obtained by discretising the investigated continuous-time fractional-order system. The two kinds of fractional-order Kalman filters are given for the correlated and uncorrelated cases in terms of the process noise and measurement noise for linear fractional-order system, respectively. In addition, based on the first-order Taylor expansion formula, the extended fractional-order Kalman filter using Tustin generating function is proposed to improve the accuracy of state estimation. Finally, three examples are illustrated to verify the effectiveness of the Tustion fractional-order Kalman filters for linear and nonlinear fractional-order systems.     

A parallel decomposition for Kalman filters

A decomposition is given for the implementation of the Kalman filter as a collection of parallel processors. This decomposition is based on the representation of the system as a direct sum of observability subspaces     

Learning algorithms for neural networks with the Kalman filters

Based on various approaches, several different learing algorithms have been given in the literature for neural networks. Almost all algorithms have constant learning rates or constant accelerative parameters, though they have been shown to be effective for some practical applications. The learning procedure of neural networks can be regarded as a problem of estimating (or identifying) constant parameters (i.e. connection weights of network) with a nonlinear or linear observation equation. Making use of the Kalman filtering, we derive a new back-propagation algorithm whose learning rate is computed by a time-varying Riccati difference equation. Perceptron-like and correlational learning algorithms are also obtained as special cases. Furthermore, a self-organising algorithm of feature maps is constructed within a similar framework.     

Stability of linear dynamic systems with random time-dependent parameters

We present conditions of asymptotic stability for the solution of a system of linear differential equations that depend on stochastic processes.Translated from Kibernetika, No. 3, pp. 70–72, 75, May–June 1990.     

Kalman filters in non-uniformly sampled multirate systems: For FDI and beyond

The first part of the paper is the development of a data-driven Kalman filter for a non-uniformly sampled multirate (NUSM) system. Algorithms for both one-step predictor and filtering are developed and analysis of stability and convergence is conducted in the NUSM framework. The second part of the paper investigates a Kalman filter-based methodology for unified detection and isolation of sensor, actuator, and process faults in the NUSM system with analysis on fault detectability and isolability. Case studies using data respectively collected from a pilot experimental plant and a simulated system are conducted to justify the practicality of the proposed theory.