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Table 8 Critical evaluation of the Kalman, OFIR, and OUFIR filters

From: Iterative unbiased FIR state estimation: a review of algorithms

 

Kalman

Batch OFIR

Iterative OFIR

Batch OUFIR

Iterative OUFIR

 

[6]

[7, 8, 20]

[7, 49]

[3][4]

[19][20]

Optimality:

Optimal

Optimal

Optimal

Unbiased

Unbiased

Initial conditions:

A priori

A posteriori

A posteriori

Ignored

A posteriori

Noise statistics:

Required

Required

Required

Ignored

Ignored

Noise characteristics:

White

Arbitrary

White

Arbitrary

Arbitrary

System model:

Stochastic

Arbitrary

Arbitrary

Arbitrary

Arbitrary

Filter memory (points):

2

N opt

N opt

N op

N opt

Stability:

May diverge

BIBO

BIBO

BIBO

BIBO

Operation:

Fast

Slow

Medium

Medium

Approximately N opt times slower than

     

Kalman; Fast with parallel computing

Memory consumption:

Small

Large

Medium

Large

Approximately N opt times more than

     

Kalman

Computational complexity:

Low

High

Medium

Medium

Low