Removal of bias due to propagation of estimates through nonlinear mappings

Trond Jorgensen; Ron Rothrock

doi:10.1117/12.777456

17 April 2008 Removal of bias due to propagation of estimates through nonlinear mappings

Trond Jorgensen, Ron Rothrock

Proceedings Volume 6969, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2008; 69690G (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.777456
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Bias introduced due to noisy point estimates being propagated through deterministic nonlinear mappings is a reoccurring problem in high-fidelity tracking and classification systems. This paper proves that it is a misconception that such bias is reduced when computing the expected value of the nonlinear output that follows when treating the input as a random vector with expectation equal to the provided estimate. Instead, this doubles the bias. An approximately unbiased estimator and an estimate of its covariance matrix are provided. The estimator can be calculated also in the case where the Hessian matrices associated with the nonlinear mapping are unavailable.

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Trond Jorgensen and Ron Rothrock "Removal of bias due to propagation of estimates through nonlinear mappings", Proc. SPIE 6969, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2008, 69690G (17 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.777456

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