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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

This paper studies the distributed state estimation problem for a class of discrete-time stochastic systems with nonlinear uncertain dynamics over time-varying topologies of sensor networks. An extended state vector consisting of the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-09-12 Xingkang He , Xiaocheng Zhang , Wenchao Xue , Haitao Fang

We present optimality results for robust Kalman filtering where robustness is understood in a distributional sense, i.e.; we enlarge the distribution assumptions made in the ideal model by suitable neighborhoods. This allows for outliers…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2010-04-21 Peter Ruckdeschel

In this paper we address the problem of estimating the posterior distribution of the static parameters of a continuous time state space model with discrete time observations by an algorithm that combines the Kalman filter and a particle…

Computation · Statistics 2019-05-22 Jian He , Asma Khedher , Peter Spreij

A common situation in filtering where classical Kalman filtering does not perform particularly well is tracking in the presence of propagating outliers. This calls for robustness understood in a distributional sense, i.e.; we enlarge the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-01-28 Peter Ruckdeschel , Bernhard Spangl , Daria Pupashenko

We consider the robust filtering problem for a state-space model with outliers in correlated measurements. We propose a new robust filtering framework to further improve the robustness of conventional robust filters. Specifically, the…

Applications · Statistics 2020-11-30 Hongwei Wang , Yuanyuan Liu , Wei Zhang , Junyi Zuo

State estimation when only a partial model of a considered system is available remains a major challenge in many engineering fields. This work proposes a joint, square-root unscented Kalman filter to estimate states and model uncertainties…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-11 Ricarda-Samantha Götte , Julia Timmermann

Given a linear dynamical system, we consider the problem of selecting (at design-time) an optimal set of sensors (subject to certain budget constraints) to minimize the trace of the steady state error covariance matrix of the Kalman filter.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-29 Lintao Ye , Sandip Roy , Shreyas Sundaram

The reliability and precision of dynamic database are vital for the optimal operating and global control of integrated energy systems. One of the effective ways to obtain the accurate states is state estimations. A novel robust dynamic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-24 Liang Chen , Yang Li , Manyun Huang , Xinxin Hui , Songlin Gu

This paper is concerned with the linear/nonlinear Kalman-like filtering problem under binary sensors. Since innovation represents new information in the sensor measurement and serves to correct the prediction for the Kalman-like filter…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-28 Zhongyao Hu , Bo Chen , Yuchen Zhang , Li Yu

We prove that for linear, discrete, time-varying, deterministic system (perfect model) with noisy outputs, the Riccati transformation in the Kalman filter asymptotically bounds the rank of the forecast and the analysis error covariance…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-30 Karthik S. Gurumoorthy , Colin Grudzien , Amit Apte , Alberto Carrassi , Christopher K. R. T. Jones

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is the principal control technique used in industrial applications. Although it offers distinguishable qualities that make it ideal for industrial applications, it can be questioned its robustness regarding…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-16 Alberto Zenere , Mattia Zorzi

Kalman filtering is a classic state estimation technique used in application areas such as signal processing and autonomous control of vehicles. It is now being used to solve problems in computer systems such as controlling the voltage and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-01 Yan Pei , Swarnendu Biswas , Donald S. Fussell , Keshav Pingali

We consider the problem of decentralized power allocation for competitive rate-maximization in a frequency-selective Gaussian interference channel under bounded channel uncertainty. We formulate a distribution-free robust framework for the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Amod J. G. Anandkumar , Animashree Anandkumar , Sangarapillai Lambotharan , Jonathon A. Chambers

In this article, we study a continuous-time stochastic $H_\infty$ control problem based on reinforcement learning (RL) techniques that can be viewed as solving a stochastic linear-quadratic two-person zero-sum differential game (LQZSG).…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-02 Zhongshi Sun , Guangyan Jia

In robust combinatorial optimization, we would like to find a solution that performs well under all realizations of an uncertainty set of possible parameter values. How we model this uncertainty set has a decisive influence on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Marc Goerigk , Mohammad Khosravi

For linear time-invariant systems with uncertain parameters belonging to a finite set, we present a purely deterministic approach to multiple-model estimation and propose an algorithm based on the minimax criterion using constrained…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-18 Olle Kjellqvist , Anders Rantzer

The filtering problem of causally estimating a desired signal from a related observation signal is investigated through the lens of regret optimization. Classical filter designs, such as $\mathcal H_2$ (Kalman) and $\mathcal H_\infty$,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-23 Oron Sabag , Babak Hassibi

This paper investigates the $H_{2}/H_{\infty}$ control problem for linear stochastic differential systems under partial observation. Unlike existing studies that assume full state accessibility, we consider the scenario where the controller…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Changwang Xiao , Nan Yang , Qingxin Meng

The problem of incorporating information from observations received serially in time is widespread in the field of uncertainty quantification. Within a probabilistic framework, such problems can be addressed using standard filtering…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-12-02 Chatchuea Kimchaiwong , Jeremie Houssineau , Adam M. Johansen