A Non-Gaussian Bayesian Filter Using Power and Generalized Logarithmic MomentsIn our previous paper, we proposed a non-Gaussian Bayesian filter using power
moments of the system state. A density surrogate parameterized as an analytic
function is proposed to approximate the true system state, of which the
distribution is only assumed Lebesgue integrable. To our knowledge, it is the
first Bayesian filter where there is no prior constraints on the true density
of the state and the state estimate has a continuous form of function. In this
very preliminary version of paper, we propose a new type of statistics, which
is called the generalized logarithmic moments. They are used to parameterize
the state distribution together with the power moments. The map from the
parameters of the proposed density surrogate to the power moments is proved to
be a diffeomorphism, which allows to use gradient methods to treat the
optimization problem determining the parameters. The simulation results reveal
the advantage of using both moments for estimating mixtures of complicated
types of functions.
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