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Main Authors: Malabo, Psyche T., Gerardo, Bobby D.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01578
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author Malabo, Psyche T.
Gerardo, Bobby D.
author_facet Malabo, Psyche T.
Gerardo, Bobby D.
contents Accurate vehicle positioning requires effective IMU-GPS fusion, yet prior methods-EKF, UKF, ML, GA, and DE-suffer from nonlinearity, instability, or high computational cost. This study introduces a PSO-based adaptive tuning framework for optimizing UKF parameters (α, \b{eta}, \k{appa}, Q, R), evaluated in CARLA 0.9.14 using a Tesla Model 3 under diverse maneuvers and environmental conditions. Within defined parameter bounds, convergence stabilized within 15 generations, achieving an 82.14% accuracy improvement over manual tuning and reducing IMU drift by up to 21,606.59m. Multi-trial statistical validation confirmed consistent gains with low confidence intervals. With update times remaining below the 10 ms real-time threshold, the PSO-tuned UKF demonstrates practical localization performance for dynamic, GPS-challenged conditions.
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spellingShingle Adaptive Tuning of the Unscented Kalman Filter using Particle Swarm Optimization for Inertial-GPS Sensor Fusion Systems
Malabo, Psyche T.
Gerardo, Bobby D.
Emerging Technologies
Accurate vehicle positioning requires effective IMU-GPS fusion, yet prior methods-EKF, UKF, ML, GA, and DE-suffer from nonlinearity, instability, or high computational cost. This study introduces a PSO-based adaptive tuning framework for optimizing UKF parameters (α, \b{eta}, \k{appa}, Q, R), evaluated in CARLA 0.9.14 using a Tesla Model 3 under diverse maneuvers and environmental conditions. Within defined parameter bounds, convergence stabilized within 15 generations, achieving an 82.14% accuracy improvement over manual tuning and reducing IMU drift by up to 21,606.59m. Multi-trial statistical validation confirmed consistent gains with low confidence intervals. With update times remaining below the 10 ms real-time threshold, the PSO-tuned UKF demonstrates practical localization performance for dynamic, GPS-challenged conditions.
title Adaptive Tuning of the Unscented Kalman Filter using Particle Swarm Optimization for Inertial-GPS Sensor Fusion Systems
topic Emerging Technologies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01578