Title
Constrained maximum likelihood solution of linear equations
Abstract
The total least squares (TLS) is used to solve a set of inconsistent linear equations Ax≈y when there are errors not only in the observations y but in the modeling matrix A as well. The TLS seeks the least squares perturbation of both y and A that leads to a consistent set of equations. When y and A have a defined structure, we usually want the perturbations to also have this structure. Unfortunately, standard TLS does not generally preserve the perturbation structure, so other methods are required. We examine this problem using a probabilistic framework and derive an approach to determining the most probable set of perturbations, given an a priori perturbation probability density function. While our approach is applicable to both Gaussian and non-Gaussian distributions, we show in the uncorrelated Gaussian case that our method is equivalent to several existing methods. Our approach is therefore more general and can be applied to a wider variety of signal processing problems
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1109/78.824663
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
linear equations,control systems,probability density function,probability,least square,maximum likelihood,signal processing,total least squares,maximum likelihood estimation,process control,gaussian distribution,least squares approximation
Least squares,Linear equation,Mathematical optimization,Matrix (mathematics),Gaussian,Statistical model,Estimation theory,Total least squares,Probability density function,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
48
3
1053-587X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.54
11
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Paul D. Fiore130.54
George C. Verghese220826.26