Understanding the kalman filter

Richard J. Meinhold, Nozer D. Singpurwalla

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Abstract

This is an expository article. Here we show how the successfully used Kalman filter, popular with control engineers and other scientists, can be easily understood by statisticians if we use a Bayesian formulation and some well-known results in multivariate statistics. We also give a simple example illustrating the use of the Kalman filter for quality control work. © 1983 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)123-127
JournalAmerican Statistician
Volume37
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 1983
Externally publishedYes

Research Keywords

  • Bayesian inference
  • Box-Jenkins models
  • Exponential smoothing
  • Forecasting
  • Multivariate normal distribution
  • Time series

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