Intelligent Control Systems Article 2021

Joint State and Dynamics Estimation With High-Gain Observers and Gaussian Process Models

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With the rising complexity of dynamical systems generating ever more data, learning dynamics models appears as a promising alternative to physics-based modeling. However, the data available from physical platforms may be noisy and not cover all state variables. Hence, it is necessary to jointly perform state and dynamics estimation. In this letter, we propose interconnecting a high-gain observer and a dynamics learning framework, specifically a Gaussian process state-space model. The observer provides state estimates, which serve as the data for training the dynamics model. The updated model, in turn, is used to improve the observer. Joint convergence of the observer and the dynamics model is proved for high enough gain, up to the measurement and process perturbations. Simultaneous dynamics learning and state estimation are demonstrated on simulations of a mass-spring-mass system.

Author(s): Buisson-Fenet, Mona and Morgenthaler, Valery and Trimpe, Sebastian and Di Meglio, Florent
Journal: IEEE Control Systems Letters
Volume: 5
Number (issue): 5
Pages: 1627--1632
Year: 2021
Bibtex Type: Article (article)
DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2020.3042412
Electronic Archiving: grant_archive

BibTex

@article{joint_state2021buisson_fenet,
  title = {Joint State and Dynamics Estimation With High-Gain Observers and Gaussian Process Models},
  journal = {IEEE Control Systems Letters},
  abstract = {With the rising complexity of dynamical systems generating ever more data, learning dynamics models appears as a promising alternative to physics-based modeling. However, the data available from physical platforms may be noisy and not cover all state variables. Hence, it is necessary to jointly perform state and dynamics estimation. In this letter, we propose interconnecting a high-gain observer and a dynamics learning framework, specifically a Gaussian process state-space model. The observer provides state estimates, which serve as the data for training the dynamics model. The updated model, in turn, is used to improve the observer. Joint convergence of the observer and the dynamics model is proved for high enough gain, up to the measurement and process perturbations. Simultaneous dynamics learning and state estimation are demonstrated on simulations of a mass-spring-mass system.},
  volume = {5},
  number = {5},
  pages = {1627--1632},
  year = {2021},
  slug = {joint_state2021buisson_fenet},
  author = {Buisson-Fenet, Mona and Morgenthaler, Valery and Trimpe, Sebastian and Di Meglio, Florent}
}