scholarly journals Modeling and Prediction of Time-Varying Environmental Data Using Advanced Bayesian Methods

2014 ◽  
pp. 112-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majdi Mansouri ◽  
Benjamin Dumont ◽  
Marie-France Destain
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Unscented Kalman Filter ◽  
State Parameter ◽  
Prediction Errors ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
State Variables ◽  
Crop Models ◽  
Modeling And Prediction ◽  
Input Variables ◽  
Non Gaussian

The problem of state/parameter estimation represents a key issue in crop models, which are nonlinear, non-Gaussian, and include a large number of parameters. The prediction errors are often important due to uncertainties in the equations, the input variables, and the parameters. The measurements needed to run the model and to perform calibration and validation are sometimes not numerous or known with some uncertainty. In these cases, estimating the state variables and/or parameters from easily obtained measurements can be extremely useful. In this chapter, the authors address the problem of modeling and prediction of time-varying Leaf area index and Soil Moisture (LSM) to better handle nonlinear and non-Gaussian processes without a priori state information. The performances of various conventional and state-of-the-art estimation techniques are compared when they are utilized to achieve this objective. These techniques include the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), Particle Filter (PF), and the more recently developed technique Variational Bayesian Filter (VF). The original data was issued from experiments carried out on silty soil in Belgium with a wheat crop during two consecutive years, the seasons 2008-09 and 2009-10.

scholarly journals Huber-Based Robust Unscented Kalman Filter Distributed Drive Electric Vehicle State Observation

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 750
Author(s):  
Wenkang Wan ◽  
Jingan Feng ◽  
Bao Song ◽  
Xinxin Li
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Unscented Kalman Filter ◽  
State Parameter ◽  
State Observation ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Distributed Drive Electric Vehicle ◽  
Huber Method ◽  
Yaw Moment

Accurate and real-time acquisition of vehicle state parameters is key to improving the performance of vehicle control systems. To improve the accuracy of state parameter estimation for distributed drive electric vehicles, an unscented Kalman filter (UKF) algorithm combined with the Huber method is proposed. In this paper, we introduce the nonlinear modified Dugoff tire model, build a nonlinear three-degrees-of-freedom time-varying parametric vehicle dynamics model, and extend the vehicle mass, the height of the center of gravity, and the yaw moment of inertia, which are significantly influenced by the driving state, into the vehicle state vector. The vehicle state parameter observer was designed using an unscented Kalman filter framework. The Huber cost function was introduced to correct the measured noise and state covariance in real-time to improve the robustness of the observer. The simulation verification of a double-lane change and straight-line driving conditions at constant speed was carried out using the Simulink/Carsim platform. The results show that observation using the Huber-based robust unscented Kalman filter (HRUKF) more realistically reflects the vehicle state in real-time, effectively suppresses the influence of abnormal error and noise, and obtains high observation accuracy.

IMM-UKF-TFS Model-based Approach for Intelligent Navigation

2013 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 859-877 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Malleswaran ◽  
V. Vaidehi ◽  
S. Irwin ◽  
B. Robin
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Constant Velocity ◽  
Unscented Kalman Filter ◽  
Interacting Multiple Model ◽  
Multiple Model ◽  
State Variables ◽  
Constant Acceleration ◽  
Positional Accuracy ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Novel Approach

This paper aims to introduce a novel approach named IMM-UKF-TFS (Interacting Multiple Model-Unscented Kalman Filter-Two Filter Smoother) to attain positional accuracy in the intelligent navigation of a manoeuvring vehicle. Here, the navigation filter is designed with an Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), together with an Interacting Multiple Model algorithm (IMM), which estimates the state variables and handles the noise uncertainty of the manoeuvring vehicle. A model-based estimator named Two Filter Smoothing (TFS) is implemented along with the UKF-based IMM to improve positional accuracy. The performance of the proposed IMM-UKF-TFS method is verified by modelling the vehicle motion into Constant Velocity-Coordinated Turn (CV-CT), Constant Velocity – Constant Acceleration (CV-CA) and Constant Acceleration-Coordinated Turn (CA-CT) models. The simulation results proved that the proposed IMM-UKF-TFS gives better positional accuracy than the existing conventional estimators such as UKF and IMM-UKF.

scholarly journals Extended Particle-Aided Unscented Kalman Filter Based on Self-Driving Car Localization

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Lin ◽  
Byeongwoo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Real World ◽  
Gaussian Noise ◽  
Unscented Kalman Filter ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Localization Problem ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Non Gaussian ◽  
Self Driving Cars

The location of the vehicle is a basic parameter for self-driving cars. The key problem of localization is the noise of the sensors. In previous research, we proposed a particle-aided unscented Kalman filter (PAUKF) to handle the localization problem in non-Gaussian noise environments. However, the previous basic PAUKF only considers the infrastructures in two dimensions (2D). This previous PAUKF 2D limitation rendered it inoperable in the real world, which is full of three-dimensional (3D) features. In this paper, we have extended the previous basic PAUKF’s particle weighting process based on the multivariable normal distribution for handling 3D features. The extended PAUKF also raises the feasibility of fusing multisource perception data into the PAUKF framework. The simulation results show that the extended PAUKF has better real-world applicability than the previous basic PAUKF.

scholarly journals Underwater surveillance in non-Gaussian noisy environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 250-261
Author(s):  
B Omkar Lakshmi Jagan ◽  
S Koteswara Rao
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Lower Bound ◽  
Extended Kalman Filter ◽  
Gaussian Noise ◽  
Unscented Kalman Filter ◽  
Doppler Frequency ◽  
Gaussian Mixture ◽  
Noisy Environment ◽  
Sampled Measurements ◽  
Non Gaussian

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the performance of different filtering algorithms in the presence of non-Gaussian noise environment for tracking underwater targets, using Doppler frequency and bearing measurements. The tracking using Doppler frequency and bearing measurements is popularly known as Doppler-bearing tracking. Here the measurements, that is, bearings and Doppler frequency, are considered to be corrupted with two types of non-Gaussian noises namely shot noise and Gaussian mixture noise. The non-Gaussian noise sampled measurements are assumed to be obtained (a) randomly throughout the process and (b) repeatedly at some particular time samples. The efficiency of these filters with the increase in non-Gaussian noise samples is discussed in this paper. The performance of filters is compared with that of Cramer-Rao Lower Bound. Doppler-bearing extended Kalman filter and Doppler-bearing unscented Kalman filter are chosen for this work.

Non Linear and Non Gaussian States and Parameters Estimation using Bayesian Methods-Comparatives Studies

2014 ◽  
pp. 711-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majdi Mansouri ◽  
Moustafa Mohamed-Seghir ◽  
Hazem Nounou ◽  
Mohamed Nounou ◽  
Haitham A. Abu-Rub
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Bayesian Methods ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Unscented Kalman Filter ◽  
Nonlinear Process ◽  
Parameters Estimation ◽  
Gaussian States ◽  
Estimation Algorithms ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Non Gaussian

This chapter deals with the problem of non-linear and non-Gaussian states and parameters estimation using Bayesian methods. The performances of various conventional and state-of-the-art state estimation techniques are compared when they are utilized to achieve this objective. These techniques include the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), and Particle Filter (PF). In the current work, the authors consider two systems (biological model and power system) to perform evaluation of estimation algorithms. The results of the comparative studies show that the UKF provides a higher accuracy than the EKF due to the limited ability of EKF to accurately estimate the mean and covariance matrix of the estimated states through lineralization of the nonlinear process model. The results also show that the PF provides a significant improvement over the UKF because, unlike UKF, PF is not restricted by linear-Gaussian assumptions which greatly extends the range of problems that can be tackled.

Three-Dimensional Submarine-to-Submarine Passive Target Tracking in the Presence of Non-Gaussian Noises

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Kavitha Lakshmi M. ◽  
Koteswara Rao S. ◽  
Subrahmanyam Kodukula
Keyword(s):  
Kalman Filter ◽  
Target Tracking ◽  
Gaussian Noise ◽  
Target Location ◽  
Unscented Kalman Filter ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Noise Environment ◽  
Cubature Kalman Filter ◽  
Highly Nonlinear ◽  
Non Gaussian

In underwater surveillance, three-dimensional target tracking is a challenging task. The angles-only measurements (i.e., bearing and elevation) obtained by hull mounted sensors are considered to appraise the target motion parameter. Due to noise in measurements and nonlinearity of the system, it is very hard to find out the target location. For many applications, UKF is best estimator that remaining algorithms. Recently, cubature Kalman filter (CKF) is also popular. It is proposed to use UKF (unscented Kalman filter) and CKF (cubature Kalman filter) algorithms that minimize the noise in measurements. So far, researchers carried out this work (target tracking) in Gaussian noise environment, whereas in this paper same work is carried out for non-Gaussian noise environment. The performance evaluation of the filters using Monte-Carlo simulation and Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) is accomplished and the results are analyzed. Result shows that UKF is well suitable for highly nonlinear systems than CKF.

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