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Sohrabi, Maryam. "On Robust Asymptotic Theory of Unstable AR(p) Processes with Infinite Variance." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34280.
Full textDanilov, Mikhail. "Robust estimation of multivariate scatter in non-affine equivariant scenarios." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/19462.
Full textTamburello, Philip Michael. "Iterative Memoryless Non-linear Estimators of Correlation for Complex-Valued Gaussian Processes that Exhibit Robustness to Impulsive Noise." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64785.
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Yan, Jiajia. "Statistical analysis on diffusion tensor estimation." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621860.
Full textFrontera, Pons Joana Maria. "Robust target detection for Hyperspectral Imaging." Thesis, Supélec, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014SUPL0024/document.
Full textHyperspectral imaging (HSI) extends from the fact that for any given material, the amount of emitted radiation varies with wavelength. HSI sensors measure the radiance of the materials within each pixel area at a very large number of contiguous spectral bands and provide image data containing both spatial and spectral information. Classical adaptive detection schemes assume that the background is zero-mean Gaussian or with known mean vector that can be exploited. However, when the mean vector is unknown, as it is the case for hyperspectral imaging, it has to be included in the detection process. We propose in this work an extension of classical detection methods when both covariance matrix and mean vector are unknown.However, the actual multivariate distribution of the background pixels may differ from the generally used Gaussian hypothesis. The class of elliptical distributions has already been popularized for background characterization in HSI. Although these non-Gaussian models have been exploited for background modeling and detection schemes, the parameters estimation (covariance matrix, mean vector) is usually performed using classical Gaussian-based estimators. We analyze here some robust estimation procedures (M-estimators of location and scale) more suitable when non-Gaussian distributions are assumed. Jointly used with M-estimators, these new detectors allow to enhance the target detection performance in non-Gaussian environment while keeping the same performance than the classical detectors in Gaussian environment. Therefore, they provide a unified framework for target detection and anomaly detection in HSI
Wang, Zhibo. "Estimations non-asymptotiques et robustes basées sur des fonctions modulatrices pour les systèmes d'ordre fractionnaire." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Bourges, INSA Centre Val de Loire, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023ISAB0003.
Full textThis thesis develops the modulating functions method for non-asymptotic and robust estimations for fractional-order nonlinear systems, fractional-order linear systems with accelerations as output, and fractional-order time-delay systems. The designed estimators are provided in terms of algebraic integral formulas, which ensure non-asymptotic convergence. As an essential feature of the designed estimation algorithms, noisy output measurements are only involved in integral terms, which endows the estimators with robustness against corrupting noises. First, for fractional-order nonlinear systems which are partially unknown, fractional derivative estimation of the pseudo-state is addressed via the modulating functions method. Thanks to the additive index law of fractional derivatives, the estimation is decomposed into the fractional derivatives estimation of the output and the fractional initial values estimation. Meanwhile, the unknown part is fitted via an innovative sliding window strategy. Second, for fractional-order linear systems with accelerations as output, fractional integral estimation of the acceleration is firstly considered for fractional-order mechanical vibration systems, where only noisy acceleration measurements are available. Based on the existing numerical approaches addressing the proper fractional integrals of accelerations, our attention is primarily restricted to estimating the unknown initial values using the modulating functions method. On this basis, the result is further generalized to more general fractional-order linear systems. In particular, the behaviour of fractional derivatives at zero is studied for absolutely continuous functions, which is quite different from that of integer order. Third, for fractional-order time-delay systems, pseudo-state estimation is studied by designing a fractional-order auxiliary modulating dynamical system, which provides a more general framework for generating the required modulating functions. With the introduction of the delay operator and the bicausal generalized change of coordinates, the pseudo-state estimation of the considered system can be reduced to that of the corresponding observer normal form. In contrast to the previous work, the presented scheme enables direct estimation for the pseudo-state rather than estimating the fractional derivatives of the output and a bunch of fractional initial values. In addition, the efficiency and robustness of the proposed estimators are verified by numerical simulations in this thesis. Finally, a summary of this work and an insight into future work were drawn
Beltaief, Slim. "Algorithmes optimaux de traitement de données pour des systèmes complexes d'information et télécommunication dans un environnement incertain." Thesis, Normandie, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017NORMR056/document.
Full textThis thesis is devoted to the problem of non parametric estimation for continuous-time regression models. We consider the problem of estimating an unknown periodoc function S. This estimation is based on observations generated by a stochastic process; these observations may be in continuous or discrete time. To this end, we construct a series of estimators by projection and thus we approximate the unknown function S by a finite Fourier series. In this thesis we consider the estimation problem in the adaptive setting, i.e. in situation when the regularity of the fonction S is unknown. In this way, we develop a new adaptive method based on the model selection procedure proposed by Konev and Pergamenshchikov (2012). Firstly, this procedure give us a family of estimators, then we choose the best possible one by minimizing a cost function. We give also an oracle inequality for the risk of our estimators and we give the minimax convergence rate
Liu, Jie. "State Estimation for Linear Singular and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Based on Observable Canonical Forms." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Bourges, INSA Centre Val de Loire, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024ISAB0002.
Full textThis thesis aims, on the one hand, to design estimators for linear singular systems usingthemethod of modulation functions. On the other hand, it aims to develop observersfor a class of nonlinear dynamical systems using the method of canonical formsof observers. For singular systems, the designed estimators are presented in the formof algebraic integral equations, ensuring non-asymptotic convergence. An essentialcharacteristic of the designed estimation algorithms is that noisy measurements of theoutputs are only involved in integral terms, thereby imparting robustness to the estimatorsagainst perturbing noises. For nonlinear systems, the main design idea is totransform the proposed systems into a simplified form that accommodates existingobservers such as the high-gain observer and the sliding-mode observer. This simpleformis called auxiliary output depending observable canonical form.For the linear singular systems, we transform the considered system into a formsimilar to the Brunovsky’s observable canonical form with the injection of the inputs’and outputs’ derivatives. First, for linear singular systems with single input and singleoutput, the observability condition is proposed. The system’s input-output differentialequation is derived based on the Brunovsky’s observable canonical form. Algebraicformulas with a sliding integration window are obtained for the variables in differentsituations without knowing the system’s initial condition. Second, for linear singular systemswith multiple input and multiple output, an innovative nonasymptotic and robust estimation method based on the observable canonical form by means of a set of auxiliary modulating dynamical systems is introduced. The latter auxiliary systems are given by the controllable observable canonical with zero initial conditions. The proposed method is applied to estimate the states and the output’s derivatives for linear singular system in noisy environment. By introducing a set of auxiliary modulating dynamical systems which provides a more general framework for generating the requiredmodulating functions, algebraic integral formulas are obtained both for the state variables and the output’s derivatives. After giving the solutions of the required auxiliary systems, error analysis in discrete noisy case is addressed, where the provided noise error bound can be used to select design parameters.For the nonlinear dynamical systems, we propose a family of "ready to wear" nonlineardynamical systemswith multiple outputs that can be transformed into the outputauxiliarydepending observer normal forms which can support the well-known slidingmode observer. For this, by means of the so-called dynamics extension method anda set of changes of coordinates (basic algebraic integral computations), the nonlinearterms are canceled by auxiliary dynamics or replaced by nonlinear functions of themultiple outputs. It is worth mentioning that this procedure is finished in a comprehensible way without resort to the tools of differential geometry, which is user-friendly for those who are not familiar with the computations of Lie brackets. In addition, the efficiency and robustness of the proposed observers are verified by numerical simulations in this thesis. Second, a larger class of "ready to wear" nonlinear dynamicalsystems with multiple inputs and multiple outputs are provided to further extend anddevelop the systems proposed in the first case. In a similar way, by means of the corresponding auxiliary dynamics and a set of changes of coordinates, the provided systems are converted into targeted nonlinear observable canonical forms depending on both the multiple outputs and auxiliary variables. Naturally, this procedure is still completed without resort to geometrical tools. Finally, conclusions are outlined with some perspectives
Herrington, Richard S. "Simulating Statistical Power Curves with the Bootstrap and Robust Estimation." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2001. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2846/.
Full textVan, Deventer Petrus Jacobus Uys. "Outliers, influential observations and robust estimation in non-linear regression analysis and discriminant analysis." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4363.
Full textWaqar, Mohsin. "Robust nonlinear observer for a non-collocated flexible motion system." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22696.
Full textSart, Mathieu. "Estimation par tests." Phd thesis, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00931868.
Full textRomero, Ugalde Héctor Manuel. "Identification de systèmes utilisant les réseaux de neurones : un compromis entre précision, complexité et charge de calculs." Thesis, Paris, ENSAM, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013ENAM0001/document.
Full textThis report concerns the research topic of black box nonlinear system identification. In effect, among all the various and numerous techniques developed in this field of research these last decades, it seems still interesting to investigate the neural network approach in complex system model estimation. Even if accurate models have been derived, the main drawbacks of these techniques remain the large number of parameters required and, as a consequence, the important computational cost necessary to obtain the convenient level of the model accuracy desired. Hence, motivated to address these drawbacks, we achieved a complete and efficient system identification methodology providing balanced accuracy, complexity and cost models by proposing, firstly, new neural network structures particularly adapted to a very wide use in practical nonlinear system modeling, secondly, a simple and efficient model reduction technique, and, thirdly, a computational cost reduction procedure. It is important to notice that these last two reduction techniques can be applied to a very large range of neural network architectures under two simple specific assumptions which are not at all restricting. Finally, the last important contribution of this work is to have shown that this estimation phase can be achieved in a robust framework if the quality of identification data compels it. In order to validate the proposed system identification procedure, application examples driven in simulation and on a real process, satisfactorily validated all the contributions of this thesis, confirming all the interest of this work
Baldermann, Claudia [Verfasser]. "Robust Small Area Estimation under Spatial Non-Stationarity for Unit-Level Models : Theory and Empirical Results / Claudia Baldermann." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1147758182/34.
Full textDeremetz, Mathieu. "Contribution à la modélisation et à la commande de robots mobiles autonomes et adaptables en milieux naturels." Thesis, Université Clermont Auvergne (2017-2020), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018CLFAC079/document.
Full textThis work is focused on the conceptualization, the modeling and the genericcontrol of mobile robots when moving in off-road contexts and facing slipperyterrains, especially for very accurate tracking and following applications. Thisthesis summarizes the proposed methods and the obtained results to addressthis research issue, first for path following applications (absolute localization)and then for edge and target tracking applications (relative localization). A finalsection of this thesis introduces an adaptive robotic concept and its associatedcontroller allowing the adaptation of the pose (position and orientation) of thechassis with respect to the environment topography.For each application, this thesis introduces a panel of innovative control algorithmsfor controlling skid-steering, two-wheel steering and four-wheel steeringmobile robots. Each algorithm of the panel is described, in this thesis, infour steps : modeling, estimation, control and experiments.The first main contribution of this thesis deals with the slippage estimation.The latter is adaptive and model-based. It also includes the extended kinematicmodeling only or together with the dynamic modeling of the mobile robot toensure a robust estimation of the slippage whatever the speed of the robot, encountereddynamic phenomena or even ground characteristics.The second main contribution deals with the design of a generic control approachfor mobile robots when path following and target tracking. The proposedstrategy is mostly based on a backstepping method and is illustrated inthis thesis via a panel of control laws. When combining this proposed controlapproach with the slippage estimation described above, significant improvedtracking and following performances are obtained (in term of stability, repeatability,accuracy and robustness) whatever the encountered context.All algorithms have been tested and validated through simulations and/orfull-scale experiments, indoor and off-road, with different mobile robots
Sow, Mohamedou. "Développement de modèles non paramétriques et robustes : application à l’analyse du comportement de bivalves et à l’analyse de liaison génétique." Thesis, Bordeaux 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011BOR14257/document.
Full textThe development of robust and nonparametric approaches for the analysis and statistical treatment of high-dimensional data sets exhibiting high variability, as seen in the environmental and genetic fields, is instrumental. Here, we model complex biological data with application to the analysis of bivalves’ behavior and to linkage analysis. The application of mathematics to the analysis of mollusk bivalves’behavior gave us the possibility to quantify and translate mathematically the animals’behavior in situ, in close or far field. We proposed a nonparametric regression model and compared three nonparametric estimators (recursive or not) of the regressionfunction to optimize the best estimator. We then characterized the biological rhythms, formalized the states of opening, proposed methods able to discriminate the behaviors, used shot-noise analysis to characterize various opening/closing transitory states and developed an original approach for measuring online growth.In genetics, we proposed a more general framework of robust statistics for linkage analysis. We developed estimators robust to distribution assumptions and the presence of outlier observations. We also used a statistical approach where the dependence between random variables is specified through copula theory. Our main results showed the practical interest of these estimators on real data for QTL and eQTL analysis
Ichalal, Dalil. "Estimation et diagnostic de systèmes non linéaires décrits par un modèle de Takagi-Sugeno." Phd thesis, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine - INPL, 2009. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00454793.
Full textIchalal, Dalil. "Estimation et diagnostic de systèmes non linéaires décrits par un modèle de Takagi-Sugeno." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, INPL, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009INPL088N.
Full textThis thesis deals with state estimation, fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control of nonlinear systems represented by a Takagi-Sugeno model with unmeasurable premise variables. The problem of state estimation of nonlinear systems with T-S model with unmeasurable premise variable is explored. Algorithms for robust observers synthesis with respect to perturbations, modeling uncertainties and unknown inputs are afterward presented. These algorithms are based on four kinds of observers called proportional, unknown input observers (UIOs), proportional-integral (PI) and multiple-integral (PMI) . The application on model-based diagnosis is studied based on three strategies. The first one uses unknown input observer to decouple some faults and makes the observers insensitive to certain faults. This allows to detect and isolate faults by constructing observers banks. Due to strong structural conditions on designing UIOs decoupling the faults on the state estimation error is not possible. To avoid this problem, the second strategy uses PI and PMI observers in order to estimate simultaneously the state and the faults of the system. The third strategy uses the H8 formalism. This aims to minimize the influence of perturbations and to maximize the effects of faults on the residual signal. An adequate choice of the residual generator parameters allows to detect, to isolate and to estimate the faults affecting the system. Lastly, a fault tolerant control law is proposed by reference trajectory tracking based on the use of PI and PMI observers
Balmand, Samuel. "Quelques contributions à l'estimation de grandes matrices de précision." Thesis, Paris Est, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PESC1024/document.
Full textUnder the Gaussian assumption, the relationship between conditional independence and sparsity allows to justify the construction of estimators of the inverse of the covariance matrix -- also called precision matrix -- from regularized approaches. This thesis, originally motivated by the problem of image classification, aims at developing a method to estimate the precision matrix in high dimension, that is when the sample size $n$ is small compared to the dimension $p$ of the model. Our approach relies basically on the connection of the precision matrix to the linear regression model. It consists of estimating the precision matrix in two steps. The off-diagonal elements are first estimated by solving $p$ minimization problems of the type $ell_1$-penalized square-root of least-squares. The diagonal entries are then obtained from the result of the previous step, by residual analysis of likelihood maximization. This various estimators of the diagonal entries are compared in terms of estimation risk. Moreover, we propose a new estimator, designed to consider the possible contamination of data by outliers, thanks to the addition of a $ell_2/ell_1$ mixed norm regularization term. The nonasymptotic analysis of the consistency of our estimator points out the relevance of our method
Yin, Feng, Carsten Fritsche, Fredrik Gustafsson, and Abdelhak M. Zoubir. "TOA-Based Robust Wireless Geolocation and Cramér-Rao Lower Bound Analysis in Harsh LOS/NLOS Environments." Linköpings universitet, Reglerteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-92694.
Full textOrjuela, Rodolfo. "Contribution à l'estimation d'état et au diagnostic des systèmes représentés par des multimodèles." Phd thesis, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine - INPL, 2008. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00359631.
Full textLes travaux présentés dans cette thèse portent sur les problèmes soulevés par l'identification, l'estimation d'état et le diagnostic de systèmes non linéaires représentés à l'aide d'un multimodèle découplé. Ce dernier, composé de sous-modèles qui peuvent être de dimensions différentes, est doté d'un haut degré de généralité et de flexibilité et s'adapte particulièrement bien à la modélisation des systèmes complexes à structure variable. Cette caractéristique le démarque des approches multimodèles plus conventionnelles qui ont recours à des sous-modèles de même dimension.
Après une brève introduction à l'approche multimodèle, le problème de l'estimation paramétrique du multimodèle découplé est abordé. Puis sont présentés des algorithmes de synthèse d'observateurs d'état robustes vis-à-vis des perturbations, des incertitudes paramétriques et des entrées inconnues affectant le système. Ces algorithmes sont élaborés à partir de trois types d'observateurs dits à gain proportionnel, à gain proportionnel-intégral et à gain multi-intégral. Enfin, les différentes phases d'identification, de synthèse d'observateurs et de génération d'indicateurs de défauts sont illustrées au moyen d'un exemple académique de diagnostic du fonctionnement d'un bioréacteur.
Orjuela, Rodolfo. "Contribution à l'estimation d'état et au diagnostic des systèmes représentés par des multimodèles." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, INPL, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008INPL060N.
Full textThe state estimation of a system, with the help of an observer, is largely used in many practical situations in order to cope with many classic problems arising in control engineering. The observer design needs an exploitable model able to give an accurate description of the dynamic behaviour of the system. However, system modelling and observer design can not easily be accomplished when the dynamic behaviour of the system must be described by non linear models. The multiple model approach can be used to tackle these difficulties. This thesis deals with black box modelling, state estimation and fault diagnosis of nonlinear systems represented by a decoupled multiple model. This kind of multiple model provides a high degree of generality and flexibility in the modelling stage. Indeed, the decoupled multiple model is composed of submodels which dimensions can be different. Thus, this feature is a significant difference between the decoupled multiple model and the classical used multiple model where all the submodels have the same dimension. After a brief introduction to the multiple model approach, the parametric identification problem of a decoupled multiple model is explored. Algorithms for robust observers synthesis with respect to perturbations, modelling uncertainties and unknown inputs are afterwards presented. These algorithms are based on three kinds of observers called proportional, proportional-integral and multiple-integral. Lastly, identification, observers synthesis and fault sensitivity signals generation are illustrated via a simulation example of a bioreactor
De, la Rey Tanja. "Two statistical problems related to credit scoring / Tanja de la Rey." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/3689.
Full textThesis (Ph.D. (Risk Analysis))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.
Monge, Thierry. "Modélisation et commande multivariable non linéaire robuste des réacteurs chimiques discontinus - application à un procédé industriel." Rouen, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996ROUES069.
Full textKriwoluzky, Alexander. "Matching DSGE models to data with applications to fiscal and robust monetary policy." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16052.
Full textThis thesis is concerned with three questions: first, how can the effects macroeconomic policy has on the economy in general be estimated? Second, what are the effects of a pre-announced increase in government expenditures? Third, how should monetary policy be conducted, if the policymaker faces uncertainty about the economic environment. In the first chapter I suggest to estimate the effects of an exogenous disturbance on the economy by considering the parameter distributions of a Vector Autoregression (VAR) model and a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model jointly. This allows to resolve the major issue a researcher has to deal with when working with a VAR model and a DSGE model: the identification of the VAR model and the potential misspecification of the DSGE model. The second chapter applies the methodology presented in the preceding chapter to investigate the effects of a pre-announced change in government expenditure on private consumption and real wages. The shock is identified by exploiting its pre-announced nature, i.e. different signs of the responses in endogenous variables during the announcement and after the realization of the shock. Private consumption is found to respond negatively during the announcement period and positively after the realization. The reaction of real wages is positive on impact and positive for two quarters after the realization. In the last chapter ''Optimal Policy Under Model Uncertainty: A Structural-Bayesian Estimation Approach'' I investigate jointly with Christian Stoltenberg how policy should optimally be conducted when the policymaker is faced with uncertainty about the economic environment. The standard procedure is to specify a prior over the parameter space ignoring the status of some sub-models. We propose a procedure that ensures that the specified set of sub-models is not discarded too easily. We find that optimal policy based on our procedure leads to welfare gains compared to the standard practice.
Popescu, Andrei. "Approches de commande pour des objectifs d'estimation : application au courant tunnel et aux processus de lévitation magnétique." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019GREAT062.
Full textThis PhD thesis gathers its main contributions in the field of observers for dynamical systems, originally motivated by applications in MEMS or NEMS (Micro or Nano Electromechanical Systems), with a more particular case related to tunneling current. It also happened to consider experiments with a magnetic levitation system.Contributions of this PhD thesis are of two types, according to its two main parts:1. Methodological part: designing different control strategies to obtain observers using the control-based paradigm. In particular, we focused on non-optimal approaches (like Proportional and Proportional-Integral), optimal ones (Linear Quadratic Regulator and Linear Quadratic Integrator) and sub-optimal methods (Hinf controller). Moreover, we focus on the main two ways to formulate a control (tracking) problem, namely Error feedback regulation problem and Full information regulation problem.2. Experimental part: Applying the obtained methods for improving the topographic imaging using a Scanning-Tunneling Microscope as well as to improve the disturbance estimation for a magnetic levitation process.More precisely, each part will take the form of two chapters:1. Chapter II, dedicated to a formal introduction and contributive discussion about the ’control based observer’ approach this PhD investigates, and Chapter III, focusing on the use of such an approach for the purpose of new robust observer design in particular within an Hinf framework.2. Chapter IV, related to STM application, and chapter V, presenting the MAGLEV case.A final chapter VI summarizes the main conclusions of this work as well as some perspectives
Minsker, Stanislav. "Non-asymptotic bounds for prediction problems and density estimation." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44808.
Full textPreve, Daniel. "Essays on Time Series Analysis : With Applications to Financial Econometrics." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Information Science, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-8638.
Full textThis doctoral thesis is comprised of four papers that all relate to the subject of Time Series Analysis.
The first paper of the thesis considers point estimation in a nonnegative, hence non-Gaussian, AR(1) model. The parameter estimation is carried out using a type of extreme value estimators (EVEs). A novel estimation method based on the EVEs is presented. The theoretical analysis is complemented with Monte Carlo simulation results and the paper is concluded by an empirical example.
The second paper extends the model of the first paper of the thesis and considers semiparametric, robust point estimation in a nonlinear nonnegative autoregression. The nonnegative AR(1) model of the first paper is extended in three important ways: First, we allow the errors to be serially correlated. Second, we allow for heteroskedasticity of unknown form. Third, we allow for a multi-variable mapping of previous observations. Once more, the EVEs used for parameter estimation are shown to be strongly consistent under very general conditions. The theoretical analysis is complemented with extensive Monte Carlo simulation studies that illustrate the asymptotic theory and indicate reasonable small sample properties of the proposed estimators.
In the third paper we construct a simple nonnegative time series model for realized volatility, use the results of the second paper to estimate the proposed model on S&P 500 monthly realized volatilities, and then use the estimated model to make one-month-ahead forecasts. The out-of-sample performance of the proposed model is evaluated against a number of standard models. Various tests and accuracy measures are utilized to evaluate the forecast performances. It is found that forecasts from the nonnegative model perform exceptionally well under the mean absolute error and the mean absolute percentage error forecast accuracy measures.
In the fourth and last paper of the thesis we construct a multivariate extension of the popular Diebold-Mariano test. Under the null hypothesis of equal predictive accuracy of three or more forecasting models, the proposed test statistic has an asymptotic Chi-squared distribution. To explore whether the behavior of the test in moderate-sized samples can be improved, we also provide a finite-sample correction. A small-scale Monte Carlo study indicates that the proposed test has reasonable size properties in large samples and that it benefits noticeably from the finite-sample correction, even in quite large samples. The paper is concluded by an empirical example that illustrates the practical use of the two tests.
Stolle, Martin Tobias. "Vers le vol à voile longue distance pour drones autonomes." Thesis, Toulouse, ISAE, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017ESAE0006.
Full textSmall fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provide utility to research, military, and industrial sectors at comparablyreasonable cost, but still suffer from both limited operational ranges and payload capacities. Thermal soaring flight for UAVsoffers a significant potential to reduce the energy consumption. However, without remote sensing of updrafts, a glider UAVcan only benefit from an updraft when encountering it by chance. In this thesis, a new framework for autonomous cross-country soaring is elaborated, enabling a glider UAV to visually localize sub-cumulus thermal updrafts and to efficiently gain energy from them.Relying on the Unscented Kalman Filter, a monocular vision-based method is established, for remotely estimatingsub-cumulus updraft parameters. Its capability of providing convergent and consistent state estimates is assessed relyingon Monte Carlo Simulations. Model uncertainties, image processing noise, and poor observer trajectories can degrade theestimated updraft parameters. Therefore, a second focus of this thesis is the design of a robust probabilistic path plannerfor map-based autonomous cross-country soaring. The proposed path planner balances between the flight time and theoutlanding risk by taking into account the estimation uncertainties in the decision making process. The suggested updraftestimation and path planning algorithms are jointly assessed in a 6 Degrees Of Freedom simulator, highlighting significantperformance improvements with respect to state of the art approaches in autonomous cross-country soaring while it is alsoshown that the path planner is implementable on a low-cost computer platform
Wei, Xing. "Non-asymptotic method estimation and applications for fractional order systems." Thesis, Bourges, INSA Centre Val de Loire, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017ISAB0003/document.
Full textThis thesis aims to design non-asymptotic and robust estimators for a class of fractional order linear systems in noisy environment. It deals with a class of commensurate fractional order linear systems modeled by the so-called pseudo-state space representation with unknown initial conditions. It also assumed that linear systems under study can be transformed into the Brunovsky’s observable canonical form. Firstly, the pseudo-state of the considered systems is estimated. For this purpose, the Brunovsky’s observable canonical form is transformed into a fractional order linear differential equation involving the initial values of the fractional sequential derivatives of the output. Then, using the modulating functions method, the former initial values and the fractional derivatives with commensurate orders of the output are given by algebraic integral formulae in a recursive way. Thereby, they are used to calculate the pseudo-state in the continuous noise-free case. Moreover, to perform this estimation, it provides an algorithm to build the required modulating functions. Secondly, inspired by the modulating functions method developed for pseudo-state estimation, an operator based algebraic method is introduced to estimate the fractional derivative with an arbitrary fractional order of the output. This operator is applied to cancel the former initial values and then enables to estimate the desired fractional derivative by a new algebraic formula using a recursive way. Thirdly, the pseudo-state estimator and the fractional order differentiator are studied in discrete noisy case. Each of them contains a numerical error due to the used numerical integration method, and the noise error contribution due to a class of stochastic processes. In particular, it provides ananalysis to decrease noise contribution by means of an error bound that enables to select the optimal degrees of the modulating functions at each instant. Then, several numerical examples are given to highlight the accuracy, the robustness and the non-asymptotic property of the proposed estimators. Moreover, the comparisons to some existing methods and a new fractional orderH1-like observer are shown. Finally, conclusions are outlined with some perspectives
Dinh, Ngoc Thach. "Observateur par intervalles et observateur positif." Thesis, Paris 11, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA112335/document.
Full textThis thesis presents new results in the field of state estimation based on the theory of positive systems. It is composed of two separate parts. The first one studies the problem of positive observer design for positive systems. The second one which deals with robust state estimation through the design of interval observers, is at the core of our work.We begin our thesis by proposing the design of a nonlinear positive observer for discrete-time positive time-varying linear systems based on the use of generalized polar coordinates in the positive orthant. For positive systems, a natural requirement is that the observers should provide state estimates that are also non-negative so they can be given a physical meaning at all times. The idea underlying the method is that first, the direction of the true state is correctly estimated in the projective space thanks to the Hilbert metric and then very mild assumptions on the output map allow to reconstruct the norm of the state. The convergence rate can be controlled.Later, the thesis is continued by studying the so-called interval observers for different families of dynamic systems in continuous-time, in discrete-time and also in a context "continuous-discrete" (i.e. a class of continuous-time systems with discrete-time measurements). Interval observers are dynamic extensions giving estimates of the solution of a system in the presence of various type of disturbances through two outputs giving an upper and a lower bound for the solution. Thanks to interval observers, one can construct control laws which stabilize the considered systems
Harti, Mostafa. "Estimation robuste sous un modèle de contamination non symétrique et M-estimateur multidimensionnel." Nancy 1, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986NAN10063.
Full textBel, Haj Frej Ghazi. "Estimation et commande décentralisée pour les systèmes de grandes dimensions : application aux réseaux électriques." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LORR0139/document.
Full textThis thesis focuses on the decentralized estimation and control for large scale systems. The objective is to develop software sensors that can produce a reliable estimate of the variables necessary for the interconnected nonlinear systems stability analysis. A decomposition of a such large system into a set of n interconnected subsystems is paramount for model simplification. Then, taking into account the nature of the subsystem as well as the interconnected functions, observer-based decentralized control laws have been synthesized. Each control law is associated with a subsystem which allows it to be locally stable, thus the stability of the overall system is ensured. The existence of an observer and a controller gain matrix stabilizing the system depends on the feasibility of an LMI optimization problem. The LMI formulation, based on Lyapunov approach, is elaborated by applying the DMVT technique on the nonlinear interconnection function, assumed to be bounded and uncertain. Thus, non-restrictive synthesis conditions are obtained. Observer-based decentralized control schemes have been proposed for nonlinear interconnected systems in the continuous and discrete time. Robust Hinfini decentralized controllers are provided for interconnected nonlinear systems in the presence of perturbations and parametric uncertainties. Effectiveness of the proposed schemes are verified through simulation results on a power systems with interconnected machines
Cloyd, James Dale. "Data mining with Newton's method." [Johnson City, Tenn. : East Tennessee State University], 2002. http://etd-submit.etsu.edu/etd/theses/available/etd-1101102-081311/unrestricted/CloydJ111302a.pdf.
Full textRangel, Walteros Pedro Andres. "A non-asymptotic study of low-rank estimation of smooth kernels on graphs." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/52988.
Full textBel, Haj Frej Ghazi. "Estimation et commande décentralisée pour les systèmes de grandes dimensions : application aux réseaux électriques." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lorraine, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LORR0139.
Full textThis thesis focuses on the decentralized estimation and control for large scale systems. The objective is to develop software sensors that can produce a reliable estimate of the variables necessary for the interconnected nonlinear systems stability analysis. A decomposition of a such large system into a set of n interconnected subsystems is paramount for model simplification. Then, taking into account the nature of the subsystem as well as the interconnected functions, observer-based decentralized control laws have been synthesized. Each control law is associated with a subsystem which allows it to be locally stable, thus the stability of the overall system is ensured. The existence of an observer and a controller gain matrix stabilizing the system depends on the feasibility of an LMI optimization problem. The LMI formulation, based on Lyapunov approach, is elaborated by applying the DMVT technique on the nonlinear interconnection function, assumed to be bounded and uncertain. Thus, non-restrictive synthesis conditions are obtained. Observer-based decentralized control schemes have been proposed for nonlinear interconnected systems in the continuous and discrete time. Robust Hinfini decentralized controllers are provided for interconnected nonlinear systems in the presence of perturbations and parametric uncertainties. Effectiveness of the proposed schemes are verified through simulation results on a power systems with interconnected machines
Attaoui, Said. "Sur l'estimation semi paramétrique robuste pour statistique fonctionnelle." Phd thesis, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00871026.
Full textRizk, Amr [Verfasser]. "Non-asymptotic performance evaluation and sampling-based parameter estimation for communication networks with long memory traffic / Amr Rizk." Hannover : Technische Informationsbibliothek und Universitätsbibliothek Hannover (TIB), 2013. http://d-nb.info/1044693703/34.
Full textHarti, Mostafa. "Estimation robuste sous un modèle de contamination non symétrique et M-estimateur multidimensionnel." Grenoble 2 : ANRT, 1986. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb375982387.
Full textDonier-Meroz, Etienne. "Graphon estimation in bipartite networks." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Institut polytechnique de Paris, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023IPPAG010.
Full textMany real-world datasets can be represented as matrices where the entries represent interactions between two entities of different natures. These matrices are commonly known as adjacency matrices of bipartite graphs. In our work, we make the assumption that these interactions are determined by unobservable latent variables.Firstly, our main objective is to estimate the conditional expectation of the data matrix given the unobservable variables under the assumption that matrix entries are i.i.d. This estimation problem can be framed as estimating a bivariate function known as a graphon. In our study, we focus on two cases: piecewise constant graphons and Hölder-continuous graphons.We derive finite sample risk bounds for the least squares estimator. Additionally, we propose an adaptation of Lloyd's algorithm to compute an approximation this estimator and provide results from numerical experiments to evaluate the performance of these methods.Secondly, we address the limitations of the previous framework, which may not be suitable for modeling situations with bounded degrees of vertices, among other scenarios. Therefore, we extend our study to the relaxed independence assumption, where only the rows of the adjacency matrix are assumed to be independent. In this context, we specifically focus on piecewise constant graphons
Mirrahimi, Mazyar. "Estimation et contrôle non-linéaire : application à quelques systèmes quantiques et classiques." Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00844394.
Full textGomez-Quintero, Claudia. "Modélisation et estimation robuste pour un procédé boues activées en alternance de phases." Toulouse 3, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002TOU30001.
Full textGasparyan, Samvel. "Deux problèmes d’estimation statistique pour les processus stochastiques." Thesis, Le Mans, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LEMA1031/document.
Full textThis work is devoted to the questions of the statistics of stochastic processes. Particularly, the first chapter is devoted to a non-parametric estimation problem for an inhomogeneous Poisson process. The estimation problem is non-parametric due to the fact that we estimate the mean function. We start with the definition of the asymptotic efficiency in non-parametric estimation problems and continue with examination of the existence of asymptotically efficient estimators. We consider a class of kernel-type estimators. In the thesis we prove that under some conditions on the coefficients of the kernel with respect to a trigonometric basis we have asymptotic efficiency in minimax sense over various sets. The obtained results highlight the phenomenon that imposing regularity conditions on the unknown function, we can widen the class ofasymptotically efficient estimators. To compare these (first order) efficient estimators, we prove an inequality which allows us to find an estimator which is asymptotically efficient of second order. We calculate also the rate of convergence of this estimator, which depends on the regularity of the unknown function, and finally the minimal value of the asymptotic variance for this estimator is calculated. This value plays the same role in the second order estimation as the Pinsker constant in the density estimation problem or the Fisher information in parametric estimation problems. The second chapter is dedicated to a problem of estimation of the solution of a Backward Stochastic Differential Equation (BSDE). We observe a diffusion process which is given by its stochastic differential equation with the diffusion coefficientdepending on an unknown parameter. The observations are discrete. To estimate the solution of a BSDE, we need an estimator-process for a parameter, which, for each given time, uses only the available part of observations. In the literature there exists a method of construction, which minimizes a functional. We could not use this estimator, because the calculations would not be feasible. We propose an estimator-process which has a simple form and can be easily computed. Using this estimator we estimate the solution of a BSDE in an asymptotically efficient way
Vestin, Albin, and Gustav Strandberg. "Evaluation of Target Tracking Using Multiple Sensors and Non-Causal Algorithms." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Reglerteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-160020.
Full textRelvas, Carlos Eduardo Martins. "Modelos parcialmente lineares com erros simétricos autoregressivos de primeira ordem." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/45/45133/tde-28052013-182956/.
Full textIn this master dissertation, we present the symmetric partially linear models with AR(1) errors that generalize the normal partially linear models to contain autocorrelated errors AR(1) following a symmetric distribution instead of the normal distribution. Among the symmetric distributions, we can consider heavier tails than the normal ones, controlling the kurtosis and down-weighting outlying observations in the estimation process. The parameter estimation is made through the penalized likelihood by using score functions and the expected Fisher information. We derive these functions in this work. The effective degrees of freedom and asymptotic results are also presented as well as the residual analysis, highlighting the normal curvature of local influence under different perturbation schemes. An application with real data is given for illustration.
Schreier, Gerhard. "Estimation de l'état de systèmes linéaires incertains et de systèmes non linéaires." Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, INPL, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997INPL101N.
Full textTOSCANO, Giacomo. "Non-parametric estimation of stochastic volatility models: spot volatility, leverage and vol-of-vol. Four essays on asymptotic error distributions, finite-sample properties and empirical applications." Doctoral thesis, Scuola Normale Superiore, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11384/106264.
Full textAlcaraz, González Víctor. "Estimation et commande robuste non-linéaires des procédés biologiques de dépollution des eaux usées : application à la digestion anaérobie." Perpignan, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001PERP0446.
Full textThis PhD Thèsis is concenred with the development of robust nonlinear estimation and control strategies for the optimisation of biological wastewaters treatment plants in general and with their experimental application on anaerobic digestion processes in particular
Chichignoud, Michael. "Perforamances statistiques d'estimateurs non-linéaires." Phd thesis, Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille I, 2010. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00540963.
Full textRydén, Patrik. "Statistical analysis and simulation methods related to load-sharing models." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Matematisk statistik, 2000. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-46772.
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