Stochastic Processes and Filtering Theory

Jazwinski, Andrew H.

ISBN 10: 0486462749 / ISBN 13: 9780486462745

Edité par Dover, Mineola NY, 2007

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5 3/8 x 8 1/2 " 400 pages. unabridged republication of the Academic Press publication.

N° de réf. du vendeur 120254

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Stochastic Processes and Filtering Theory
• Éditeur: Dover, Mineola NY
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0486462749
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780486462745
• Reliure: paperback
• État de l'article: as new

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Synopsis

This unified treatment of linear and nonlinear filtering theory presents material previously available only in journals, and in terms accessible to engineering students. Its sole prerequisites are advanced calculus, the theory of ordinary differential equations, and matrix analysis. Although theory is emphasized, the text discusses numerous practical applications as well.
Taking the state-space approach to filtering, this text models dynamical systems by finite-dimensional Markov processes, outputs of stochastic difference, and differential equations. Starting with background material on probability theory and stochastic processes, the author introduces and defines the problems of filtering, prediction, and smoothing. He presents the mathematical solutions to nonlinear filtering problems, and he specializes the nonlinear theory to linear problems. The final chapters deal with applications, addressing the development of approximate nonlinear filters, and presenting a critical analysis of their performance.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book presents a unified treatment of linear and nonlinear filtering theory for engineers, with sufficient emphasis on applications to enable the reader to use the theory. The need for this book is twofold. First, although linear estimation theory is relatively well known, it is largely scattered in the journal literature and has not been collected in a single source. Second, available literature on the continuous nonlinear theory is quite esoteric and controversial, and thus inaccessible to engineers uninitiated in measure theory and stochastic differential equations. Furthermore, it is not clear from the available literature whether the nonlinear theory can be applied to practical engineering problems. In attempting to fill the stated needs, the author has retained as much mathematical rigor as he felt was consistent with the prime objective-to explain the theory to engineers. Thus, the author has avoided measure theory in this book by using mean square convergence, on the premise that everyone knows how to average. As a result, the author only requires of the reader background in advanced calculus, theory of ordinary differential equations, and matrix analysis.