A New Approach to Linear Filtering and Prediction Problems

A transcription of R.E. Kalman's seminal paper. Transcribed by John Lukesh, 20 January 2002

The classical filtering and prediction problem is re-examined using the Bode- Shannon...

System Identification: Theory for the User

From the Back Cover

The field's leading text, now completely updated. 

Modeling dynamical systems ― theory, methodology, and applications. 

Lennart Ljung's System Identification: Theory...

What Are Dynamic Models? Chapter 1 from Dynamic Models in Biology

Throughout this book we use a wide-ranging set of case studies to illustrate different aspects of models and modeling. In this introductory chapter we describe and give examples of different...

Manuscript about ITISE: an Interactive Software Tool for System Identificati...

The paper describes the conceptual basis, main features and functionality of an interactive software tool developed in support of system identification education and discovery.

This...

Guaranteed Margins for LQR Regulators

John Doyle's famous paper! He presents a counterexample that shows that are no guaranteed margins for LQG systems. 

Conventional and Adaptive Beamformers

This example illustrates how to apply digital beamforming to a narrowband signal received by an antenna array. Three beamforming algorithms are illustrated: the phase shift beamformer...

Radar Systems Engineering MATLAB Documentation and Examples

The functions in this section give you the MATLAB tools needed to evaluate the performance of a radar system. You can use the radar equation to evaluate the radar received signal-to-noise...

Simulating Test Signals for a Radar Receiver

This example shows how to simulate received signal of a monostatic pulse radar to estimate the target range. A monostatic radar has the transmitter collocated with the receiver. The...

A Tutorial on PES Pareto Methods for Analysis of Noise Propagation in Feedba...

This paper represents a tutorial on the so called PES Pareto methodology of analyzing the sources of noise in a feedback loop. Originally conceived for analyzing noise contributors in...

MATLAB Example: Solve Constrained Nonlinear Optimization, Problem-Based

This example shows how to find the minimum of a nonlinear objective function with a nonlinear constraint by using the problem-based approach. 

Increasing Angular Resolution with Virtual Arrays

This MATLAB example introduces how forming a virtual array in MIMO radars can help increase angular resolution. It shows how to simulate a coherent MIMO radar signal processing chain using...

MATLAB Example: Train MBPO Agent to Balance Cart-Pole System

This example shows how to train a model-based policy optimization (MBPO) agent to balance a cart-pole system modeled in MATLAB. For more information on MBPO agents, see Model-Based Policy...

Creating Discrete-Time Models

This MATLAB example shows how to create discrete-time linear models using the tf, zpk, ss, and frd commands.

Perspectives on Control-Relevant Identification Through the Use of Interacti...

This paper presents a control-relevant identification methodology through an intuitive interactive tool called "Interactive Tool for Control Relevant Identification (ITCRI)". ITCRI...

Fixed-Point HDL-Optimized Minimum-Variance Distortionless-Response (MVDR) Be...

This example shows how to implement a fixed-point HDL-optimized minimum-variance distortionless-response (MVDR) beamformer in MATLAB.

Simultaneous Range and Speed Estimation Using MFSK Waveform

This MATLAB example compares triangle sweep frequency-modulated continuous (FMCW) and multiple frequency-shift keying (MFSK) waveforms used for simultaneous range and speed estimation for...

MATLAB Example: Waveform Analysis Using the Ambiguity Function

This example shows how to use the ambiguity function to analyze waveforms. It compares range and Doppler capabilities of several common pulsed waveforms such as the rectangular waveform, the...

Modeling Perturbations and Element Failures in a Sensor Array

This MATLAB example shows how to model amplitude, phase, position and pattern perturbations as well as element failures in a sensor array.

The Demod Squad: A Tutorial on the Utility and Methodologies for Using Modul...

This paper is a brief tutorial on methods for using modulated signals in feedback loops, and especially of the different methods and trade offs used for demodulating those signals to get...

Multibeam Radar for Adaptive Search and Track

This MATLAB example shows how to use radarDataGenerator for a closed-loop simulation of a multifunction phased array radar (MPAR). The example starts by defining MPAR system parameters and...

Benchmarking tools for a priori identifiability analysis

Recent review and benchmark of software tools that can be used for assess the structural identifiability of dynamical systems

Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction

From the book introduction:

The idea that we learn by interacting with our environment is probably the first to occur to us when we think about the nature of learning. When an infant plays...

Improve SNR and Capacity of Wireless Communication Using Antenna Arrays

The goal of a wireless communication system is to serve as many users with the highest possible data rate given constraints such as radiation power limit and operating budget. To improve the...

Experimental evaluation of feedforward tuning rules

This paper presents a practical comparison for some of the most relevant tuning rules for feedforward compensators that have been published in the recent years. The work is focused on the...

MATLAB Example: Doppler Estimation

This example shows a monostatic pulse radar detecting the radial velocity of moving targets at specific ranges. The speed is derived from the Doppler shift caused by the moving targets. We...