Tag: Estimation

Efficient Topology Estimation for Large Scale Optical Mapping


Free Download Efficient Topology Estimation for Large Scale Optical Mapping By Armagan Elibol, Nuno Gracias, Rafael Garcia (auth.)
2013 | 88 Pages | ISBN: 3642303129 | PDF | 8 MB
Large scale optical mapping methods are in great demand among scientists who study different aspects of the seabed, and have been fostered by impressive advances in the capabilities of underwater robots in gathering optical data from the seafloor. Cost and weight constraints mean that low-cost ROVs usually have a very limited number of sensors. When a low-cost robot carries out a seafloor survey using a down-looking camera, it usually follows a predefined trajectory that provides several non time-consecutive overlapping image pairs. Finding these pairs (a process known as topology estimation) is indispensable to obtaining globally consistent mosaics and accurate trajectory estimates, which are necessary for a global view of the surveyed area, especially when optical sensors are the only data source. This book contributes to the state-of-art in large area image mosaicing methods for underwater surveys using low-cost vehicles equipped with a very limited sensor suite. The main focus has been on global alignment and fast topology estimation, which are the most challenging steps in creating large area image mosaics. This book is intended to emphasise the importance of the topology estimation problem and to present different solutions using interdisciplinary approaches opening a way to further develop new strategies and methodologies.

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State Estimation for Nonlinear Continuous-Discrete Stochastic Systems Numerical Aspects and Implementation Issues


Free Download Gennady Yu. Kulikov, "State Estimation for Nonlinear Continuous-Discrete Stochastic Systems: Numerical Aspects and Implementation Issues "
English | ISBN: 3031613708 | 2024 | 819 pages | PDF | 31 MB
This book addresses the problem of accurate state estimation in nonlinear continuous-time stochastic models with additive noise and discrete measurements. Its main focus is on numerical aspects of computation of the expectation and covariance in Kalman-like filters rather than on statistical properties determining a model of the system state. Nevertheless, it provides the sound theoretical background and covers all contemporary state estimation techniques beginning at the celebrated Kalman filter, including its versions extended to nonlinear stochastic models, and till the most advanced universal Gaussian filters with deterministically sampled mean and covariance. In particular, the authors demonstrate that, when applying such filtering procedures to stochastic models with strong nonlinearities, the use of adaptive ordinary differential equation solvers with automatic local and global error control facilities allows the discretization error―and consequently the state estimation error―to be reduced considerably. For achieving that, the variable-stepsize methods with automatic error regulation and stepsize selection mechanisms are applied to treating moment differential equations arisen. The implemented discretization error reduction makes the self-adaptive nonlinear Gaussian filtering algorithms more suitable for application and leads to the novel notion of accurate state estimation.

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State Estimation and Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems Theory and Applications


Free Download State Estimation and Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems: Theory and Applications (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 491) by Abdellatif Ben Makhlouf, Mohamed Ali Hammami, Omar Naifar
English | November 7, 2023 | ISBN: 3031379691 | 452 pages | MOBI | 71 Mb
This book presents the separation principle which is also known as the principle of separation of estimation and control and states that, under certain assumptions, the problem of designing an optimal feedback controller for a stochastic system can be solved by designing an optimal observer for the system’s state, which feeds into an optimal deterministic controller for the system. Thus, the problem may be divided into two halves, which simplifies its design. In the context of deterministic linear systems, the first instance of this principle is that if a stable observer and stable state feedback are built for a linear time-invariant system (LTI system hereafter), then the combined observer and feedback are stable. The separation principle does not true for nonlinear systems in general. Another instance of the separation principle occurs in the context of linear stochastic systems, namely that an optimum state feedback controller intended to minimize a quadratic cost is optimal forthe stochastic control problem with output measurements. The ideal solution consists of a Kalman filter and a linear-quadratic regulator when both process and observation noise are Gaussian. The term for this is linear-quadratic-Gaussian control. More generally, given acceptable conditions and when the noise is a martingale (with potential leaps), a separation principle, also known as the separation principle in stochastic control, applies when the noise is a martingale (with possible jumps).

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Spectral Methods for the Estimation of the Effective Elastic Thickness of the Lithosphere


Free Download Jonathan Kirby, "Spectral Methods for the Estimation of the Effective Elastic Thickness of the Lithosphere"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031108604, 3031108639 | PDF | pages: 472 | 17.4 mb
Although several excellent works exist that describe the effective elastic thickness (Te) of the lithosphere―its theory, significance and relevance to Earth sciences in general―none cover the details of the methods for its estimation. This book brings together the disparate knowledge required to estimate Te in one handy volume: signal processing, harmonic analysis, civil engineering, and foundational mathematics and physics, in addition to the relevant geophysics and, to a lesser extent, geology. Its two principal focus areas are spectral estimation, covering various approaches to estimating the admittance and coherence between gravity and topography using Slepian multitapers and fan wavelets; and algebraic and finite difference solutions of the plate bending partial differential equation in a variety of geological settings. This book would be suitable for postgraduate students beginning their research, up to faculty professors interested in diversifying their skills.

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Introduction to the New Statistics Estimation, Open Science, and Beyond Ed 2


Free Download Geoff Cumming, "Introduction to the New Statistics: Estimation, Open Science, and Beyond Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 036753150X | 2024 | 576 pages | EPUB | 10 MB
This fully revised and updated second edition is an essential introduction to inferential statistics. It is the first introductory statistics text to use an estimation approach from the start and also to explain the new and exciting Open Science practices, which encourage replication and enhance the trustworthiness of research. The estimation approach, with meta-analysis ("the new statistics"), is exactly what’s needed for Open Science.

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