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The FFT EnKF data assimilation method is proposed and applied to a stochastic cell simulation of an epidemic, based on the S-I-R spread model. The FFT EnKF combines spatial statistics and ensemble filtering methodologies into a localized…

Computation · Statistics 2010-03-10 Jan Mandel , Jonathan D. Beezley , Loren Cobb , Ashok Krishnamurthy

This paper proposes a novel approach to improve the performance of the extended Kalman filter (EKF) for the problem of mobile robot localization. A fuzzy logic system is employed to continuous-ly adjust the noise covariance matrices of the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-07 Thi Thanh Van Nguyen , Manh Duong Phung , Thuan Hoang Tran , Quang Vinh Tran

Fueled by applications in sensor networks, these years have witnessed a surge of interest in distributed estimation and filtering. A new approach is hereby proposed for the Distributed Kalman Filter (DKF) by integrating a local covariance…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-03-17 Ye Yuan , Ling Shi , Jun Liu , Zhiyong Chen , Hai-Tao Zhang , Jorge Goncalves

The extended Kalman filter (EKF) is a cornerstone of nonlinear state estimation, yet its performance is fundamentally limited by noise-model mismatch and linearization errors. We develop a residual-aware distributionally robust EKF that…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-06 Minhyuk Jang , Jungjin Lee , Astghik Hakobyan , Naira Hovakimyan , Insoon Yang

Kalman Filter (KF) is an optimal linear state prediction algorithm, with applications in fields as diverse as engineering, economics, robotics, and space exploration. Here, we develop an extension of the KF, called a Pathspace Kalman Filter…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-04-03 Chaitra Agrahar , William Poole , Simone Bianco , Hana El-Samad

In this paper, we consider the task of designing a Kalman Filter (KF) for an unknown and partially observed autonomous linear time invariant system driven by process and sensor noise. To do so, we propose studying the following two step…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-14 Anastasios Tsiamis , Nikolai Matni , George J. Pappas

This paper presents an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) approach to localize a mobile robot with two quadrature encoders, a compass sensor, a laser range finder (LRF) and an omni-directional camera. The prediction step is performed by employing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-01-05 T. T. Hoang , P. M. Duong , N. T. T. Van , D. A. Viet , T. Q. Vinh

The task of dynamic flow estimation is to construct an approximation of an evolving flow---and particularly, its response to disturbances---using measurements from available sensors. Building from previous work by Darakananda et al.~(Phys…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-05-19 Mathieu Le Provost , Jeff D. Eldredge

While many works exploiting an existing Lie group structure have been proposed for state estimation, in particular the Invariant Extended Kalman Filter (IEKF), few papers address the construction of a group structure that allows casting a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-08 Axel Barrau , Silvere Bonnabel

This paper studies the problem of Cooperative Localization (CL) for multi-robot systems, where a group of mobile robots jointly localize themselves by using measurements from onboard sensors and shared information from other robots. We…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Yizhi Zhou , Yufan Liu , Pengxiang Zhu , Xuan Wang

This paper presents a novel tightly-coupled monocular visual-inertial Simultaneous Localization and Mapping algorithm, which provides accurate and robust localization within the globally consistent map in real time on a standard CPU. This…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-24 Meixiang Quan , Songhao Piao , Minglang Tan , Shi-Sheng Huang

This paper explores the potential of Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter (LETKF) by comparing the performance of LETKF with an operational 3D-Var assimilation system, Physical-Space Statistical Analysis System (PSAS), under a perfect…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2020-01-29 Junjie Liu , Elana Judith Fertig , Hong Li , Eugenia Kalnay , Brian R. Hunt , Eric J. Kostelich , Istvan Szunyogh , Ricardo Todling

Prediction of spatio-temporal chaotic systems is important in various fields, such as Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP). While data assimilation methods have been applied in NWP, machine learning techniques, such as Reservoir Computing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-26 Futo Tomizawa , Yohei Sawada

The Kalman filter is a fundamental tool for state estimation in dynamical systems. While originally developed for linear Gaussian settings, it has been extended to nonlinear problems through approaches such as the extended and unscented…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Yuan Wu , Sicheng He

This article examines state estimation in discrete-time nonlinear stochastic systems with finite-dimensional states and infinite-dimensional measurements, motivated by real-world applications such as vision-based localization and tracking.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-24 Maxwell M. Varley , Timothy L. Molloy , Girish N. Nair

This paper presents an innovative Reduced-Order Model (ROM) for merging experimental and simulation data using Data Assimilation (DA) to estimate the "True" state of a fluid dynamics system, leading to more accurate predictions. Our…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Paul Jeanney , Ashton Hetherington , Shady E. Ahmed , David Lanceta , Susana Saiz , José Miguel Perez , Soledad Le Clainche

This paper investigates the distributed Kalman filter (DKF) for linear systems, with specific attention on measurement fusion, which is a typical way of information sharing and is vital for enhancing stability and improving estimation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-14 Tuo Yang , Jiachen Qian , Zhisheng Duan , Zhiyong Sun

Autonomous mobile robot competitions judge based on a robot's ability to quickly and accurately navigate the game field. This means accurate localization is crucial for creating an autonomous competition robot. Two common localization…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-18 Ethan Kou , Acshi Haggenmiller

It is a grand challenge to find a feasible weather modification method to mitigate the impact of extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones. Previous works have proposed potentially effective actuators and assessed their capabilities…

Applications · Statistics 2024-05-15 Yohei Sawada

Kalman Filter requires the true parameters of the model and solves optimal state estimation recursively. Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm is applicable for estimating the parameters of the model that are not available before Kalman…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-26 Zhuangwei Shi