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On the Relationship Between Iterated Statistical Linearization and Quasi-Newton Methods

Signal Processing 2023-11-21 v2

Abstract

This letter investigates relationships between iterated filtering algorithms based on statistical linearization, such as the iterated unscented Kalman filter (IUKF), and filtering algorithms based on quasi-Newton (QN) methods, such as the QN iterated extended Kalman filter (QN-IEKF). Firstly, it is shown that the IUKF and the iterated posterior linearization filter (IPLF) can be viewed as QN algorithms, by finding a Hessian correction in the QN-IEKF such that the IPLF iterate updates are identical to that of the QN-IEKF. Secondly, it is shown that the IPLF/IUKF update can be rewritten such that it is approximately identical to the QN-IEKF, albeit for an additional correction term. This enables a richer understanding of the properties of iterated filtering algorithms based on statistical linearization.

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@article{arxiv.2309.07636,
  title  = {On the Relationship Between Iterated Statistical Linearization and Quasi-Newton Methods},
  author = {Anton Kullberg and Martin A. Skoglund and Isaac Skog and Gustaf Hendeby},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.07636},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

4 pages, Accepted to IEEE Signal Processing Letters

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