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This paper develops a new filtering approach for state estimation in polynomial systems corrupted by arbitrary noise, which commonly arise in robotics. We first consider a batch setup where we perform state estimation using all data…

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We present a multi-agent framework for generating physics simulation code from natural language descriptions, featuring a novel perceptual self-reflection mechanism for validation. The system employs four specialized agents: a natural…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Prashant Shende , Bradley Camburn

Designing estimation algorithms for systems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs) such as fluid flows is challenging due to the high-dimensional and oftentimes nonlinear nature of the dynamics, as well as their dependence on…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-20 Saviz Mowlavi , Mouhacine Benosman

Duality of control and estimation allows mapping recent advances in data-guided control to the estimation setup. This paper formalizes and utilizes such a mapping to consider learning the optimal (steady-state) Kalman gain when process and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-08 Shahriar Talebi , Amirhossein Taghvaei , Mehran Mesbahi

This paper proposes a decentralized dynamic state estimation (DSE) algorithm with bimodal Gaussian mixture measurement noise. The decentralized DSE is formulated using the Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) and then compared with the unscented…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-19 Vahid Sarfi , Amir Ghasemkhani , Iman Niazazari , Hanif Livani , Lei Yang

Consistent state estimation is challenging, especially under the epistemic uncertainties arising from learned (nonlinear) dynamic and observation models. In this work, we propose a set-based estimation algorithm, named Gaussian…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-28 Shen Li , Theodoros Stouraitis , Michael Gienger , Sethu Vijayakumar , Julie A. Shah

This study considers the data assimilation problem in coupled systems, which consists of two components (sub-systems) interacting with each other through certain coupling terms. A straightforward way to tackle the assimilation problem in…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Xiaodong Luo , Ibrahim Hoteit

In this paper, we propose a new framework for solving state estimation problems with an additional sparsity-promoting $L_1$-regularizer term. We first formulate such problems as minimization of the sum of linear or nonlinear quadratic error…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-02 Rui Gao , Filip Tronarp , Simo Särkkä

We develop data-driven algorithms to fully automate sensor fault detection in systems governed by underlying physics. The proposed machine learning method uses a time series of typical behavior to approximate the evolution of measurements…

An observer is an estimator of the state of a dynamical system from noisy sensor measurements. The need for observers is ubiquitous, with applications in fields ranging from engineering to biology to economics. The most widely used observer…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-17 M. -A. Belabbas

This paper studies the distributed dimensionality reduction fusion estimation problem with communication delays for a class of cyber-physical systems (CPSs). The raw measurements are preprocessed in each sink node to obtain the local…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2021-10-13 Bo Chen , Daniel W. C. Ho , Guoqiang Hu , Li Yu

Kalman filtering is a cornerstone of estimation theory, yet learning the optimal filter under unknown and potentially singular noise covariances remains a fundamental challenge. In this paper, we revisit this problem through the lens of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-08 Larsen Bier , Shahriar Talebi

Traditional statements of the celebrated Kalman filter algorithm focus on the estimation of state, but not the output. For any outputs, measured or auxiliary, it is usually assumed that the posterior state estimates and known inputs are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-26 Ameet S. Deshpande

This paper introduces two new algorithms to accurately estimate the process noise covariance of a discrete-time Kalman filter online for robust orbit determination in the presence of dynamics model uncertainties. Common orbit determination…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-17 Nathan Stacey , Simone D'Amico

This article explores the estimation of parameters and states for linear stochastic systems with deterministic control inputs. It introduces a novel Kalman filtering approach called Kalman Filtering with Correlated Noises Recursive…

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State estimation is a fundamental requirement in robotics, where the accurate determination of a robot's state is essential for stable operation despite inherent process disturbances and sensor noise. Traditionally, this is achieved through…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Phunyapa Suksomboon , Paulo Garcia

Online estimation of electromechanical oscillation parameters provides essential information to prevent system instability and blackout and helps to identify event categories and locations. We formulate the problem as a state space model…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-19 Zhe Yu , Di Shi , Zhiwei Wang , Qibing Zhang , Junhui Huang , Sen Pan

Estimating the statistics of the state of a dynamical system, from partial and noisy observations, is both mathematically challenging and finds wide application. Furthermore, the applications are of great societal importance, including…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-03 J. A. Carrillo , F. Hoffmann , A. M. Stuart , U. Vaes

This article introduces a Tensor Network Kalman filter, which can estimate state vectors that are exponentially large without ever having to explicitly construct them. The Tensor Network Kalman filter also easily accommodates the case where…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-10-19 Kim Batselier , Zhongming Chen , Ngai Wong

In this paper, we present a novel optimization algorithm designed specifically for estimating state-space models to deal with heavy-tailed measurement noise and constraints. Our algorithm addresses two significant limitations found in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-19 Yifan Yu , Shengjie Xiu , Daniel P. Palomar