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Nonlinear state space smoothing using the conditional particle filter

Computation 2015-09-17 v3 Systems and Control Optimization and Control

Abstract

To estimate the smoothing distribution in a nonlinear state space model, we apply the conditional particle filter with ancestor sampling. This gives an iterative algorithm in a Markov chain Monte Carlo fashion, with asymptotic convergence results. The computational complexity is analyzed, and our proposed algorithm is successfully applied to the challenging problem of sensor fusion between ultra-wideband and accelerometer/gyroscope measurements for indoor positioning. It appears to be a competitive alternative to existing nonlinear smoothing algorithms, in particular the forward filtering-backward simulation smoother.

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@article{arxiv.1502.03697,
  title  = {Nonlinear state space smoothing using the conditional particle filter},
  author = {Andreas Svensson and Thomas B. Schön and Manon Kok},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.03697},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Accepted for the 17th IFAC Symposium on System Identification (SYSID), Beijing, China, October 2015

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