Extended Ellipsoidal Outer-Bounding Set-Membership Estimation for Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems with Unknown-but-Bounded Disturbances by Yushuang Liu, Yan Zhao, Falin Wu

“…The EEOB-SME linearizes the first-order terms about the current state estimations and bounds the linearization errors by ellipsoids using interval analysis for nonlinear equations of process and measurement equations, respectively. …”
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Consensus Information Filtering for Large-Scale Systems with Application to Heat Conduction Process by Liguo Zhang, Ying Lyu

“…On diffusion processing, we fuse the common state estimations of the local information filters using consensus averaging algorithms and algebraic graph theory. …”
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Automated Global Classification of Surface Layer Stratification Using High‐Resolution Sea Surface Roughness Measurements by Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar by Justin E. Stopa, Chen Wang, Doug Vandemark, Ralph Foster, Alexis Mouche, Bertrand Chapron

“…Data from 2016 to 2019 are used to examine spatial and temporal variation in these state estimates in terms of expected wind and thermal forcing. …”
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Waypoint Tracking Control for Autonomous Mobile Sampling and Dissolved Oxygen Enrichment of Unmanned Surface Vehicle by Jian Yuan, Hailin Liu, Wenxia Zhang

“…In order to reject the system noise and external noise, a states estimation method with fully observable states is considered in the control law design. …”
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Decentralized Cooperative Localization Approach for Autonomous Multirobot Systems by Thumeera R. Wanasinghe, George K. I. Mann, Raymond G. Gosine

“…As the proposed method is capable of handling independent and interdependent information of the estimations separately, it does not generate overconfidence state estimations. The performance of the proposed method is compared with several multirobot localization approaches. …”
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Spatial Domain Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Rotary Systems Subject to Spatially Periodic Disturbances by Yen-Hsiu Yang, Cheng-Lun Chen

“…The overall spatial domain output feedback adaptive control system is robust to model uncertainties and state estimated error and capable of rejecting spatially periodic disturbances under varying system speeds. …”
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Experiments on Optimal Vibration Control of a Flexible Beam Containing Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators by Gustavo L.C.M. Abreu, José F. Ribeiro, Valder Steffen Jr

“…The controller consists of a linear quadratic regulator with a state estimator, namely a Kalman observer. The structure is a cantilever beam containing a set of sensor/actuator PVDF/PZT ceramic piezoelectric patches bonded to the beam surface at the optimal location obtained for the first three vibration modes. …”
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An Efficient Position Tracking Smoothing Algorithm for Sensorless Operation of Brushless DC Motor Drives by Surya Susan Alex, Asha Elizabeth Daniel

“…The peak error in the estimated speed and rotor position is considerably reduced when compared with EKF. The improved state estimate can be used as feedback for speed control of brushless DC motors in variable speed drives.…”
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Impact of Citrus Greening on Citrus Operations in Florida by Ariel Singerman, Pilar Useche

“…Even though the industry acknowledges that HLB has reached epidemic proportions across the state, estimates of the level of infection and its impact on citrus operations are scarce. …”
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Impact of Citrus Greening on Citrus Operations in Florida by Ariel Singerman, Pilar Useche

“…Even though the industry acknowledges that HLB has reached epidemic proportions across the state, estimates of the level of infection and its impact on citrus operations are scarce. …”
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Political Meritocracy as Eastern Alternative to the Western Public Administration Traditions in the 21st Century by V. S. Gerasimov

“…He compares Russia, China and Singapore via the list of criteria of political and economic importance, reveals similarities and distinctions in the political past and present of those states, estimates the significance of some culturological factors regarding the evolution of those states and formulates his conclusion on the prospective of meritocracy in Russia.…”
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A Joint Forgetting Factor-Based Adaptive Extended Kalman Filtering Approach to Predict the State-of-Charge and Model Parameter of Lithium-Ion Battery by Satyaprakash Rout, Satyajit Das

“…Furthermore, the estimator’s robustness is tested under adverse conditions, including offset current, sensor bias voltage, and parametric uncertainties in the battery model and state estimator. Results from diverse dynamic operating conditions confirm the superior performance of the JFFAEKF in SOC estimation compared to existing methods.…”
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ESTIMATED ELECTRICITY BILLING SYSTEM AND ITS EFFECTS ON CONSUMERS IN RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS CENTRES IN WUKARI METROPOLIS, TARABA STATE by Abubakar Ahmadu, Vyonkhen Tanko Nacho

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Weighted EHR-based prevalence estimates for hypertension at the state and local levels in Louisiana by Wenjun Li, Meng Zhang, Jie Cheng, Sandra L. Jackson, Adam S. Vaughan, Michael Klompas, Thomas W. Carton, Elizabeth Nauman, Lee Mendoza, Arun Adhikari, Jeanie Donovan, Katherine H. Hohman

“…Prevalence was higher than the overall state estimate among men (47.3% weighted; 55.9% crude), Black patients (50.2% weighted; 55.7% crude), those receiving Medicare (70.6% weighted; 76.2% crude), and individuals living in rural areas (46.1% weighted; 49.8% crude). …”
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