The optimal filtering problem for a discrete-time distributed parameter system

Abstract

In this paper, the optimal filtering problem for a discrete-time linear distributed parameter system is considered. Using the least squares estimation error criterion, the Wiener-Hopf equation for the discrete-time distributed parameter system is derived. Based on the Wiener-Hopf equation, the equations satisfied by the optimal filtering estimate and the minimum error covariance matrix function are derived by using the matrix inversion lemma for a distributed parameter system. Finally, we show that the approximation of the results obtained for a distributed parameter system by using the Fourier expansion method produces those of the Kalman filtering problem for the lumped parameter system.