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We address the problem of localizing multiple sources in 3D by combining sensor array measurements with camera observations. We propose a fusion framework extending the covariance matrix fitting method with an unbalanced optimal transport…

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In this paper, we consider a subset selection problem in a spatial field where we seek to find a set of k locations whose observations provide the best estimate of the field value at a finite set of prediction locations. The measurements…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-12 Shamak Dutta , Nils Wilde , Stephen L. Smith

We consider the problem of sensor selection for designing observer and filter for continuous linear time invariant systems such that the sensor precisions are minimized, and the estimation errors are bounded by the prescribed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-08 Vedang M. Deshpande , Raktim Bhattacharya

The lack of measurements in distribution grids poses a severe challenge for their monitoring: since there may not be enough sensors to achieve numerical observability, load forecasts (pseudo-measurements) are typically used, and thus an…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-09 Miguel Picallo , Adolfo Anta , Bart De Schutter

We study the problem of estimating a random process from the observations collected by a network of sensors that operate under resource constraints. When the dynamics of the process and sensor observations are described by a state-space…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-24 Abolfazl Hashemi , Mahsa Ghasemi , Haris Vikalo , Ufuk Topcu

We consider the visual feature selection to improve the estimation quality required for the accurate navigation of a robot. We build upon a key property that asserts: contributions of trackable features (landmarks) appear linearly in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Hossein K. Mousavi , Nader Motee

This paper proposes a novel algorithm to determine the optimal placement of redundant inertial sensors such as accelerometers and gyroscopes (gyros) for increasing the sensing accuracy. In this paper, we have proposed a novel iterative…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-19 Nitesh Sahu , Prabhu Babu , Arun Kumar , Rajendar Bahl

In this paper, the problem of target localization in the presence of outlying sensors is tackled. This problem is important in practice because in many real-world applications the sensors might report irrelevant data unintentionally or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-15 Alireza Zaeemzadeh , Mohsen Joneidi , Behzad Shahrasbi , Nazanin Rahnavard

A classic problem is the estimation of a set of parameters from measurements collected by only a few sensors. The number of sensors is often limited by physical or economical constraints and their placement is of fundamental importance to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-16 Juri Ranieri , Amina Chebira , Martin Vetterli

A state estimator is derived for an agent with the ability to measure single ranges to fixed points in its environment, and equipped with an accelerometer and a rate gyroscope. The state estimator makes no agent-specific assumptions, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-04-27 Saman Fahandezh-Saadi , Mark W. Mueller

In this paper, we consider the problem of sensor selection for parameter estimation with correlated measurement noise. We seek optimal sensor activations by formulating an optimization problem, in which the estimation error, given by the…

An energy efficient use of large scale sensor networks necessitates activating a subset of possible sensors for estimation at a fusion center. The problem is inherently combinatorial; to this end, a set of iterative, randomized algorithms…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-13 Arpan Chattopadhyay , Urbashi Mitra

This paper tackles optimal sensor placement for Bayesian linear inverse problems, a popular version of the more general Optimal Experimental Design (OED) problem, using the D-optimality criterion. This is done by establishing connections…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-07 Srinivas Eswar , Vishwas Rao , Arvind K. Saibaba

This paper analytically characterizes optimal sensor placements for target localization and tracking in 2D and 3D. Three types of sensors are considered: bearing-only, range-only, and received-signal-strength. The optimal placement problems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-05-16 Shiyu Zhao , Ben M. Chen , Tong H. Lee

This paper considers the design of sparse actuator schedules for linear time-invariant systems. An actuator schedule selects, for each time instant, which control inputs act on the system in that instant. We address the optimal scheduling…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-12 Luca Ballotta , Geethu Joseph , Irawati Rahul Thete

Gaussian process regression uses data measured at sensor locations to reconstruct a spatially dependent function with quantified uncertainty. However, if only a limited number of sensors can be deployed, it is important to determine how to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Jessie Chen , Hangjie Ji , Arvind K. Saibaba

The selection problem of an optimal set of sensors estimating the snapshot of high-dimensional data is considered. The objective functions based on various criteria of optimal design are adopted to the greedy method: D-optimality,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-09 Kumi Nakai , Keigo Yamada , Takayuki Nagata , Yuji Saito , Taku Nonomura

The problem of synthesizing an optimal sensor selection policy is pertinent to a variety of engineering applications ranging from event detection to autonomous navigation. We consider such a synthesis problem over an infinite time horizon…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-24 Michael Hibbard , Kirsten Tuggle , Takashi Tanaka

This paper investigates the problem of optimal predictor design for distributed parameter systems using neural networks and shape optimization. Sensors with various shapes are placed on the domain of the distributed parameter system. Data…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-13 M. Sajjad Edalatzadeh , Roland Herzog

In this paper, we consider the adaptive linear quadratic Gaussian control problem, where both the linear transformation matrix of the state $A$ and the control gain matrix $B$ are unknown. The proposed adaptive optimal control only assumes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-17 Nian Liu , Cheng Zhao , Shaolin Tan , Jinhu Lü