scholarly journals An Improved Invariant Kalman Filter for Lie Groups Attitude Dynamics with Heavy-Tailed Process Noise

Machines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Jiaolong Wang ◽  
Chengxi Zhang ◽  
Jin Wu ◽  
Ming Liu
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Lie Groups ◽  
State Space Model ◽  
Attitude Estimation ◽  
Spacecraft Attitude ◽  
Attitude Dynamics ◽  
Process Noise ◽  
Space Model ◽  
Heavy Tailed ◽  
Scale Matrix

Attitude estimation is a basic task for most spacecraft missions in aerospace engineering and many Kalman type attitude estimators have been applied to the guidance and navigation of spacecraft systems. By building the attitude dynamics on matrix Lie groups, the invariant Kalman filter (IKF) was developed according to the invariance properties of symmetry groups. However, the Gaussian noise assumption of Kalman theory may be violated when a spacecraft maneuvers severely and the process noise might be heavy-tailed, which is prone to degrade IKF’s performance for attitude estimation. To address the attitude estimation problem with heavy-tailed process noise, this paper proposes a hierarchical Gaussian state-space model for invariant Kalman filtering: The probability density function of state prediction is defined based on student’s t distribution, while the conjugate prior distributions of the scale matrix and degrees of freedom (dofs) parameter are respectively formulated as the inverse Wishart and Gamma distribution. For the constructed hierarchical Gaussian attitude estimation state-space model, the Lie groups rotation matrix of spacecraft attitude is inferred together with the scale matrix and dof parameter using the variational Bayesian iteration. Numerical simulation results illustrate that the proposed approach can significantly improve the filtering robustness of invariant Kalman filter for Lie groups spacecraft attitude estimation problems with heavy-tailed process uncertainty.

scholarly journals Variational Bayesian Iteration-Based Invariant Kalman Filter for Attitude Estimation on Matrix Lie Groups

Aerospace ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 246
Author(s):  
Jiaolong Wang ◽  
Zeyang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Lie Groups ◽  
Lie Group ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Attitude Estimation ◽  
Estimation Problem ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Process Noise ◽  
Variational Bayesian ◽  
Noise Statistics

Motivated by the rapid progress of aerospace and robotics engineering, the navigation and control systems on matrix Lie groups have been actively studied in recent years. For rigid targets, the attitude estimation problem is a benchmark one with its states defined as rotation matrices on Lie groups. Based on the invariance properties of symmetry groups, the invariant Kalman filter (IKF) has been developed by researchers for matrix Lie group systems; however, the limitation of the IKF is that its estimation performance is prone to be degraded if the given knowledge of the noise statistics is not accurate. For the symmetry Lie group attitude estimation problem, this paper proposes a new variational Bayesian iteration-based adaptive invariant Kalman filter (VBIKF). In the proposed VBIKF, the a priori error covariance is not propagated by the conventional steps but directly calibrated in an iterative manner based on the posterior sequences. The main advantage of the VBIKF is that the statistics parameter of the system process noise is no longer required and so the IKF’s hard dependency on accurate process noise statistics can be reduced significantly. The mathematical foundation for the new VBIKF is presented and its superior performance in adaptability and simplicity is further demonstrated by numerical simulations.

scholarly journals Variational Bayesian-Based Improved Maximum Mixture Correntropy Kalman Filter for Non-Gaussian Noise

Entropy ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Xuyou Li ◽  
Yanda Guo ◽  
Qingwen Meng
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Gaussian Noise ◽  
State Space Model ◽  
Performance Evaluations ◽  
Gaussian State ◽  
Variational Bayesian ◽  
Space Model ◽  
Bandwidth Parameter ◽  
Non Gaussian ◽  
Filtering Problem

The maximum correntropy Kalman filter (MCKF) is an effective algorithm that was proposed to solve the non-Gaussian filtering problem for linear systems. Compared with the original Kalman filter (KF), the MCKF is a sub-optimal filter with Gaussian correntropy objective function, which has been demonstrated to have excellent robustness to non-Gaussian noise. However, the performance of MCKF is affected by its kernel bandwidth parameter, and a constant kernel bandwidth may lead to severe accuracy degradation in non-stationary noises. In order to solve this problem, the mixture correntropy method is further explored in this work, and an improved maximum mixture correntropy KF (IMMCKF) is proposed. By derivation, the random variables that obey Beta-Bernoulli distribution are taken as intermediate parameters, and a new hierarchical Gaussian state-space model was established. Finally, the unknown mixing probability and state estimation vector at each moment are inferred via a variational Bayesian approach, which provides an effective solution to improve the applicability of MCKFs in non-stationary noises. Performance evaluations demonstrate that the proposed filter significantly improves the existing MCKFs in non-stationary noises.

A new robust Kalman filter with measurement loss based on mixing distribution

2021 ◽  
pp. 014233122110549
Author(s):  
Chenghao Shan ◽  
Weidong Zhou ◽  
Yefeng Yang ◽  
Hanyu Shan
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Likelihood Function ◽  
State Space Model ◽  
Random Variable ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Gaussian State ◽  
Bernoulli Random Variable ◽  
Mixing Distribution ◽  
Robust Kalman Filter ◽  
Heavy Tailed

A new robust Kalman filter (KF) based on mixing distribution is presented to address the filtering issue for a linear system with measurement loss (ML) and heavy-tailed measurement noise (HTMN) in this paper. A new Student’s t-inverse-Wishart-Gamma mixing distribution is derived to more rationally model the HTMN. By employing a discrete Bernoulli random variable (DBRV), the form of measurement likelihood function of double mixing distributions is converted from a weighted sum to an exponential product, and a hierarchical Gaussian state-space model (HGSSM) is therefore established. Finally, the system state, the intermediate random variables (IRVs) of the new STIWG distribution, and the DBRV are simultaneously estimated by utilizing the variational Bayesian (VB) method. Numerical example simulation experiment indicates that the proposed filter in this paper has superior performance than current algorithms in processing ML and HTMN.

Spacecraft Attitude Estimation using Huber-based Kalman Filter

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1234-1239
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Meihong Liu ◽  
Deren Gong ◽  
Dengping Duan
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Attitude Estimation ◽  
Spacecraft Attitude

scholarly journals PERAMALAN JUMLAH KUNJUNGAN WISATAWAN AUSTRALIA YANG BERKUNJUNG KE BALI MENGGUNAKAN MODEL TIME VARYING PARAMETER (TVP)

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
I PUTU GEDE DIAN GERRY SUWEDAYANA ◽  
I WAYAN SUMARJAYA ◽  
NI LUH PUTU SUCIPTAWATI
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
State Space Model ◽  
Percentage Error ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Space Model ◽  
A Value ◽  
Time Varying Parameter ◽  
Kalman Filter Algorithm

The purpose of this research is to forecast the number of Australian tourists arrival to Bali using Time Varying Parameter (TVP) model based on inflation of Indonesia and exchange rate AUD to IDR from January 2010 – December 2015 as explanatory variables. TVP model is specified in a state space model and estimated by Kalman filter algorithm. The result shows that the TVP model can be used to forecast the number of Australian tourists arrival to Bali because it satisfied the assumption that the residuals are distributed normally and the residuals in the measurement and transition equations are not correlated. The estimated TVP model is . This model has a value of mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) is equal to dan root mean square percentage error (RMSPE) is equal to . The number of Australian tourists arrival to Bali for the next five periods is predicted: ; ; ; ; and (January - May 2016).

scholarly journals A Hybrid Nonlinear Forecasting Strategy for Short-Term Wind Speed

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Zhao ◽  
Haikun Wei ◽  
Chenxi Li ◽  
Kanjian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
State Space ◽  
State Space Model ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Forecasting Accuracy ◽  
Space Model ◽  
Wind Speeds

The ability to predict wind speeds is very important for the security and stability of wind farms and power system operations. Wind speeds typically vary slowly over time, which makes them difficult to forecast. In this study, a hybrid nonlinear estimation approach combining Gaussian process (GP) and unscented Kalman filter (UKF) is proposed to predict dynamic changes of wind speed and improve forecasting accuracy. The proposed approach can provide both point and interval predictions for wind speed. Firstly, the GP method is established as the nonlinear transition function of a state space model, and the covariance obtained from the GP predictive model is used as the process noise. Secondly, UKF is used to solve the state space model and update the initial prediction of short-term wind speed. The proposed hybrid approach can adjust dynamically in conjunction with the distribution changes. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed hybrid approach, the persistence model, GP model, autoregressive (AR) model, and AR integrated with Kalman filter (KF) model are used to predict the results for comparison. Taking two wind farms in China and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) database as the experimental data, the results show that the proposed hybrid approach is suitable for wind speed predictions, and that it can increase forecasting accuracy.

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