A Dual Characterization of the Stability of the Wonham Filter

Jin Won Kim, Prashant G. Mehta

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Abstract

This paper revisits the classical question of the stability of the nonlinear Wonham filter. The novel contributions of this paper are two-fold: (i) definition of the stabilizability for the (control-theoretic) dual to the nonlinear filter; and (ii) the use of this definition to obtain conclusions on the stability of the Wonham filter. Specifically, it is shown that the stabilizability of the dual system is necessary for filter stability and conversely stabilizability implies that the filter asymptotically detects the correct ergodic class. The formulation and the proofs are based upon a recently discovered duality result whereby the nonlinear filtering problem is cast as a stochastic optimal control problem for a backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE). The control-theoretic proof techniques and results may be viewed as a generalization of the classical work on the stability of the Kalman filter.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1621-1628
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781665436595
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2021 - Austin, United States
Duration: Dec 13 2021Dec 17 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Volume2021-December
ISSN (Print)0743-1546
ISSN (Electronic)2576-2370

Conference

Conference60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period12/13/2112/17/21

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Control and Optimization

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