Title
Robust weighted fusion Kalman filters for multisensor time-varying systems with uncertain noise variances
Abstract
This paper addresses the design of robust weighted fusion Kalman filters for multisensor time-varying systems with uncertainties of noise variances. Using the minimax robust estimation principle and the unbiased linear minimum variance (ULMV) optimal estimation rule, the five robust weighted fusion time-varying Kalman filters are presented based on the worst-case conservative systems with the conservative upper bounds of noise variances. The actual filtering error variances or their traces of each fuser are guaranteed to have a minimal upper bound for all the admissible uncertainties of noise variances. A Lyapunov equation approach is presented to prove the robustness of the robust Kalman filters. The concept of robust accuracy is presented and the robust accuracy relations among the local and fused robust Kalman filters are proved. Specially, the corresponding steady-state robust local and fused Kalman filters are also presented for multisensor time-invariant systems, and the convergence in a realization of the local and fused time-varying and steady-state Kalman filters is proved by the dynamic error system analysis (DESA) method and dynamic variance error system analysis (DVESA) method. A simulation example is given to verify the robustness and robust accuracy relations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.sigpro.2013.12.013
Signal Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
fused robust kalman filter,minimax robust estimation principle,multisensor time-varying system,fused kalman filter,robust kalman filter,noise variance,kalman filter,uncertain noise variance,robust accuracy,robust accuracy relation,robust weighted fusion kalman,robust weighted fusion
Minimum-variance unbiased estimator,Lyapunov equation,Minimax,Extended Kalman filter,Control theory,Filter (signal processing),Optimal estimation,Kalman filter,Robustness (computer science),Mathematics
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
99,
0165-1684
24
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.80
22
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wenjuan Qi11126.76
Peng Zhang21125.74
Zi-li Deng351444.75