On the state estimation problem for discrete ensembles from discrete-time output snapshots

Shen Zeng, Hideaki Ishii, Frank Allgower

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Abstract

We consider the problem of reconstructing the initial states of a group of structurally identical LTI systems in the situation that output measurements of the individual systems in the group are received at discrete time steps and in an anonymized manner: While we do know all output measurements of the individual systems in the group, we do not know which output measurement corresponds to which system. This specific state estimation problem is motivated by emerging problems in applied fields that are dealing with populations of structurally identical systems for which it is only possible to measure the population as a whole, e.g. due to economic or technological reasons. We adopt a measure theoretical approach in which the group is modelled by an LTI system describing the structure of the individual systems and an initial state which is expressed by a discrete measure. We derive characterizations for the state estimation to admit a unique solution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationACC 2015 - 2015 American Control Conference
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages4844-4849
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479986842
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 28 2015
Event2015 American Control Conference, ACC 2015 - Chicago, United States
Duration: Jul 1 2015Jul 3 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the American Control Conference
Volume2015-July
ISSN (Print)0743-1619

Conference

Conference2015 American Control Conference, ACC 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period07/1/1507/3/15

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