Statistical Accuracy of Approximate Filtering Methods

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Autori principali: Carrillo, J. A., Hoffmann, F., Stuart, A. M., Vaes, U.
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author Carrillo, J. A.
Hoffmann, F.
Stuart, A. M.
Vaes, U.
author_facet Carrillo, J. A.
Hoffmann, F.
Stuart, A. M.
Vaes, U.
contents Estimating the statistics of the state of a dynamical system, from partial and noisy observations, is both mathematically challenging and finds wide application. Furthermore, the applications are of great societal importance, including problems such as probabilistic weather forecasting and prediction of epidemics. Particle filters provide a well-founded approach to the problem, leading to provably accurate approximations of the statistics. However these methods perform poorly in high dimensions. In 1994 the idea of ensemble Kalman filtering was introduced by Evensen, leading to a methodology that has been widely adopted in the geophysical sciences and also finds application to quite general inverse problems. However, ensemble Kalman filters have defied rigorous analysis of their statistical accuracy, except in the linear Gaussian setting. In this article we describe recent work which takes first steps to analyze the statistical accuracy of ensemble Kalman filters beyond the linear Gaussian setting. The subject is inherently technical, as it involves the evolution of probability measures according to a nonlinear and nonautonomous dynamical system; and the approximation of this evolution. It can nonetheless be presented in a fairly accessible fashion, understandable with basic knowledge of dynamical systems, numerical analysis and probability.
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spellingShingle Statistical Accuracy of Approximate Filtering Methods
Carrillo, J. A.
Hoffmann, F.
Stuart, A. M.
Vaes, U.
Numerical Analysis
Dynamical Systems
Optimization and Control
60G35, 62F15, 65C35, 70F45, 93E11
Estimating the statistics of the state of a dynamical system, from partial and noisy observations, is both mathematically challenging and finds wide application. Furthermore, the applications are of great societal importance, including problems such as probabilistic weather forecasting and prediction of epidemics. Particle filters provide a well-founded approach to the problem, leading to provably accurate approximations of the statistics. However these methods perform poorly in high dimensions. In 1994 the idea of ensemble Kalman filtering was introduced by Evensen, leading to a methodology that has been widely adopted in the geophysical sciences and also finds application to quite general inverse problems. However, ensemble Kalman filters have defied rigorous analysis of their statistical accuracy, except in the linear Gaussian setting. In this article we describe recent work which takes first steps to analyze the statistical accuracy of ensemble Kalman filters beyond the linear Gaussian setting. The subject is inherently technical, as it involves the evolution of probability measures according to a nonlinear and nonautonomous dynamical system; and the approximation of this evolution. It can nonetheless be presented in a fairly accessible fashion, understandable with basic knowledge of dynamical systems, numerical analysis and probability.
title Statistical Accuracy of Approximate Filtering Methods
topic Numerical Analysis
Dynamical Systems
Optimization and Control
60G35, 62F15, 65C35, 70F45, 93E11
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.01593