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Traditional statistical estimation, or statistical inference in general, is static, in the sense that the estimate of the quantity of interest does not change the future evolution of the quantity. In some sequential estimation problems…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-01 Aolin Xu

This paper studies optimal communication and coordination strategies in cyber-physical systems for both defender and attacker within a game-theoretic framework. We model the communication network of a cyber-physical system as a sensor…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-30 Emrah Akyol , Kenneth Rose , Tamer Basar , Cedric Langbort

This paper pertains to the analysis and design of decentralized estimation schemes that make use of limited communication. Briefly, these schemes equip the sensors with scalar states that iteratively merge the measurements and the state of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-01-19 Andreea B. Alexandru , Sergio Pequito , Ali Jadbabaie , George J. Pappas

In this paper, we study the problem of jointly retrieving the state of a dynamical system, as well as the state of the sensors deployed to estimate it. We assume that the sensors possess a simple computational unit that is capable of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Andreea B. Alexandru , Sergio Pequito , Ali Jadbabaie , George J. Pappas

Motivated by the need to secure cyber-physical systems against attacks, we consider the problem of estimating the state of a noisy linear dynamical system when a subset of sensors is arbitrarily corrupted by an adversary. We propose a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-04-24 Shaunak Mishra , Yasser Shoukry , Nikhil Karamchandani , Suhas Diggavi , Paulo Tabuada

This paper discusses the problem of estimating the state of a linear time-invariant system when some of its sensors and actuators are compromised by an adversarial agent. In the model considered in this paper, the malicious agent attacks an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-04 Mehrdad Showkatbakhsh , Yasser Shoukry , Suhas Diggavi , Paulo Tabuada

This paper considers the remote state estimation in a cyber-physical system (CPS) using multiple sensors. The measurements of each sensor are transmitted to a remote estimator over a shared channel, where simultaneous transmissions from…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-03-28 Kemi Ding , Yuzhe Li , Subhrakanti Dey , Ling Shi

Modern statistical estimation is often performed in a distributed setting where each sample belongs to a single user who shares their data with a central server. Users are typically concerned with preserving the privacy of their samples,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Gecia Bravo-Hermsdorff , Róbert Busa-Fekete , Mohammad Ghavamzadeh , Andres Muñoz Medina , Umar Syed

In this article, we establish a comprehensive theoretical framework for remote estimation in a networked system composed of a source that is observed by a sensor, a remote monitor that needs to estimate the state of the source in real time,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Touraj Soleymani , Mohamad Assaad , John S. Baras

Distributed estimation based on measurements from multiple wireless sensors is investigated. It is assumed that a group of sensors observe the same quantity in independent additive observation noises with possibly different variances. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-11-13 Shuguang Cui , Jinjun Xiao , Andrea Goldsmith , Zhi-Quan Luo , H. Vincent Poor

The performance of remote estimation over wireless channel is strongly affected by sensor data losses due to interference. Although the impact of interference can be alleviated by performing spectrum sensing and then transmitting only when…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Xianghui Cao , Xiangwei Zhou , Yu Cheng

Estimation problems in wireless sensor networks typically involve gathering and processing data from distributed sensors to infer the state of an environment at the fusion center. However, not all measurements contribute significantly to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-17 Chen Quan , Geethu Joseph , Nitin Jonathan Myers

In this study, we consider a remote estimation system that estimates a time-varying target based on sensor data transmitted over wireless channel. Due to transmission errors, some data packets fail to reach the receiver. To mitigate this,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-07 Sirin Chakraborty , Yin Sun

This paper considers the problem of optimal sensor schedules for remote state estimation of discrete-event systems. In this setting, the sensors observe information from the plant and transmit the observable information to the receiver or…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-27 Yingying Liu , Jin Hu , Yongxia Yang , Wei Duan

I introduce a model of predictive scoring. A receiver wants to predict a sender's quality. An intermediary observes multiple features of the sender and aggregates them into a score. Based on the score, the receiver makes a decision. The…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2024-05-17 Ian Ball

We study a wireless jamming problem consisting of the competition between a legitimate receiver and a jammer, as a zero-sum game where the value to maximize/minimize is the channel capacity at the receiver's side. Most of the approaches…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Giovanni Perin , Leonardo Badia

The problem of distributed dynamic state estimation in wireless sensor networks is studied. Two important properties of local estimates, namely, the consistency and confidence, are emphasized. On one hand, the consistency, which means that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Shaocheng Wang , Wei Ren

We study the problem of remote state estimation, in the presence of an eavesdropper. An authorized user estimates the state of a linear plant, based on the data received from a sensor, while the data may also be intercepted by the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-12-16 Anastasios Tsiamis , Konstantinos Gatsis , George J. Pappas

This paper analyzes the fundamental limit of the strategic semantic communication problem in which a transmitter obtains a limited number of indirect observation of an intrinsic semantic information source and can then influence the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Yong Xiao , Xu Zhang , Yingyu Li , Guangming Shi , Tamer Basar

Consider a group of effort-averse, or lazy, sensors that seek to minimize the effort invested to collect measurements of a variable. Increasing the effort invested by the sensors improves the quality of the measurements provided to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-16 Farhad Farokhi , Iman Shames , Michael Cantoni