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Initialization of the Kalman Filter without Assumptions on the Initial State

Linderoth, Magnus LU ; Soltesz, Kristian LU orcid ; Robertsson, Anders LU and Johansson, Rolf LU orcid (2011) IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011 p.4992-4997
Abstract
In absence of covariance data, Kalman filters are usually initialized by guessing the initial state. Making the variance of the initial state estimate large makes sure that the estimate converges quickly and that the influence of the initial guess soon will be negligible. If, however, only very few measurements are available during the estimation process and an estimate is wanted as soon as possible, this might not be enough. This paper presents a method to initialize the Kalman filter without any knowledge about the distribution of the initial state and without making any guesses.
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2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
pages
4992 - 4997
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011
conference location
Shanghai, China
conference dates
2011-05-09 - 2011-05-13
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  • scopus:84871680900
ISBN
978-1-61284-380-3
DOI
10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979684
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RobotLab LTH
ROSETTA
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English
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  abstract     = {{In absence of covariance data, Kalman filters are usually initialized by guessing the initial state. Making the variance of the initial state estimate large makes sure that the estimate converges quickly and that the influence of the initial guess soon will be negligible. If, however, only very few measurements are available during the estimation process and an estimate is wanted as soon as possible, this might not be enough. This paper presents a method to initialize the Kalman filter without any knowledge about the distribution of the initial state and without making any guesses.}},
  author       = {{Linderoth, Magnus and Soltesz, Kristian and Robertsson, Anders and Johansson, Rolf}},
  booktitle    = {{2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-61284-380-3}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{4992--4997}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Initialization of the Kalman Filter without Assumptions on the Initial State}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5976356/3812652.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979684}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}