Composite Disturbance Filtering: A Novel State Estimation Scheme for Systems With Multi-Source, Heterogeneous, and Isomeric Disturbances

TL;DR

This paper discusses a novel state estimation method called composite disturbance filtering (CDF) that effectively handles multi-source, heterogeneous, and isomeric disturbances in complex systems, improving anti-disturbance capabilities.

Contribution

The paper provides an overview of the CDF scheme, detailing its principles, design, applications, and future directions, highlighting its novelty in managing complex disturbances.

Findings

CDF enhances anti-disturbance performance in complex systems.

Effective separation and rejection of multiple disturbance types.

Applicable to alignment, localization, and navigation scenarios.

Abstract

State estimation has long been a fundamental problem in signal processing and control areas. The main challenge is to design filters with ability to reject or attenuate various disturbances. With the arrival of big data era, the disturbances of complicated systems are physically multi-source, mathematically heterogenous, affecting the system dynamics via isomeric (additive, multiplicative and recessive) channels, and deeply coupled with each other. In traditional filtering schemes, the multi-source heterogenous disturbances are usually simplified as a lumped one so that the "single" disturbance can be either rejected or attenuated. Since the pioneering work in 2012, a novel state estimation methodology called {\it composite disturbance filtering} (CDF) has been proposed, which deals with the multi-source, heterogenous, and isomeric disturbances based on their specific characteristics. With the CDF, enhanced anti-disturbance capability can be achieved via refined quantification, effective separation, and simultaneous rejection and attenuation of the disturbances. In this paper, an overview of the CDF scheme is provided, which includes the basic principle, general design procedure, application scenarios (e.g. alignment, localization and navigation), and future research directions. In summary, it is expected that the CDF offers an effective tool for state estimation, especially in the presence of multi-source heterogeneous disturbances.