Largest Ellipsoid Estimation for Unknown Measurement Error Dynamics

Abstract

Largest ellipsoid estimation has promise for being able to handle measurement errors with known covariance but unknown dynamics. However, there is no proof that it will be consistent for a given system. The algorithm is converted into acovariance-form estimator, and the gain is clearly shown to be different from the Kalman gain. This formulation was used to examine the difference between the estimator covariance and the true covariance for the special case in which the measurement errors are constant. A counter-example shows that the estimator is not always consistent, but a consistency metric based on the steady-state covariance error is provided. Two simple simulation examples are used to demonstrate situations where the estimator works well and where it does not, while demonstrating the usefulness of the consistency metric.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 04, 2022
Accession Number
AD1182165

Entities

People

  • John Maley
  • Ryan Zurakowski

Organizations

  • United States Army
  • University of Delaware

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Consistency
  • Covariance
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Fusion
  • Dynamics
  • Ellipsoids
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Estimators
  • Filters
  • Information Science
  • Information Theory
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Kalman Filters
  • Military Research
  • Simulations
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation