Introduction to Estimation & Kalman Filter
22nd July 2010, Glasgow

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Overview

This one-day course is aimed at introducing Kalman Filter as an estimator and its application to engineers. Kalman filter is an efficient recursive filter that is capable to estimate a state from a series of measurement of the other states of a linear dynamic system. In order for parameter or state estimation of a nonlinear system, extended Kalman filter is used for this application and this is covered in this course.

The Kalman Filter and Extended Kalman Filter theory and practical applications are presented. Significant hands-on examples are used to reinforce the lectures.

Agenda
Day 1
08.45 REGISTRATION
09.00 Introduction to Probability, Stochastic Processes and Signals, (Basic Theorems, Disturbances & Noise Representation)
09.45 Hands-on Session: Implementation of Disturbance & Noise in State-Space Model
10.45 TEA/COFFEE
11.00 Introduction to Kalman Filter (Continuous and Discrete Time)
12.00 Discrete Time Kalman Filter (Derivation, Properties, Riccati Equation and Tuning)
12.45 LUNCH
13.30 Hands-on Session: Application of Observers & Building the Kalman Filter
14.30 Introduction to Time Varying and Nonlinear Systems
15.00 TEA/COFFEE
15.15 Parameter Estimation using Extended Kalman Filters (Condition Monitoring, Model Based Fault Detection Methods)
16.00 Hands-on Session: Kalman Filtering for Parameter Estimation
17.00 CLOSE