MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD PREDICTION AND ESTIMATION FOR NONLINEAR DYNAMIC SYSTEMS
Abstract
A method is given for determining the system state using noise-corrupted observations of a non-linear dynamic invector process, with a numerical application to radar observation of a reentry body. The study examined the feasibility of numerically solving the vector-differential equations satisfied by the maximum-likelihood estimator. The maximum-likelihood estimate is that initial condition which minimizes a certain functional on itself, on the observation, and on the a priori statistics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0680765
Entities
People
- L. D. Attaway
Organizations
- RAND Corporation