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What is a process noise?
In Kalman filtering the “process noise” represents the idea/feature that the state of the system changes over time, but we do not know the exact details of when/how those changes occur, and thus we need to model them as a random process.
What is the Kalman gain?
The Kalman gain is the relative weight given to the measurements and current state estimate, and can be “tuned” to achieve a particular performance.
What is EKF Slam?
In EKF-SLAM, the map is a large vector stacking sensors and landmarks states, and it is modeled by a Gaussian variable. These relations are then appended to the state vector and the covariances matrix.
How to visualize a covariance matrix in EKF?
In the EKF case its a linearization around the mean. One really good way to visualize this is to use the concept of the uncertainty ellipse. It basically shows the 1 σ boundary for a multivariate Gaussian distribution, and can be used to visualize a Covariance matrix.
Which is an improvement on the EKF or Kalman filter?
Unscented Kalman filters. A nonlinear Kalman filter which shows promise as an improvement over the EKF is the unscented Kalman filter (UKF). In the UKF, the probability density is approximated by a deterministic sampling of points which represent the underlying distribution as a Gaussian.
How to get a feel for the covariance matrix?
To get a feeling for the covariance matrix – without getting into the math details here – its best to start with a 2×2 matrix. Then remember that the covariance matrix is an extension of the concept of variance into the multivariate case. In the 1D case, variance is a statistic for a single random variable.
Are there any questions or answers to covariance?
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