Randomized Unscented Transform in State Estimation of Non-Gaussian Systems: Algorithms and Performance

Abstract

The paper deals with state estimation of nonlinear non-Gaussian systems with a special focus on the Gaussian sum filters. To achieve a higher estimate quality, state and measurement predictive moments appearing in the filters are computed by the randomized unscented transform, which provides asymptotically exact estimates of the moments. The use of the Gaussian sum filter employing the randomized unscented transform is introduced and the proposed algorithm is illustrated in a numerical example. The analysis of the numerical example involves a comparison of several filters using a number of performance metrics both absolute and relative, assessing the point estimate quality, the estimate error quality, and the density estimate quality.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA619838

Entities

People

  • Erik Blasch
  • Jindřich Duník
  • Miroslav Simandl
  • Ondřej Straka

Organizations

  • University of West Bohemia

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Computational Science
  • Covariance
  • Errors
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Iterations
  • Kalman Filters
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Noise
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Control Systems Engineering.