Guranteed state estimation for dynamical systems: Ellipsoidal techniques

This paper gives a concise description of effective solutions to the guaranteed state estimation problems for dynamic systems with uncertain items being unknown but bounded. It indicates a rather unconventional, rigorous theory for these problems based on the notion of evolution equations of the ‘funnel’ type which could be further transformed - through exact ellipsoidal representations - into algorithmic procedures that allow effective simulation, particularly with computer graphics. the estimation problem is also interpreted as a problem of tracking a partially known system under incomplete measurements. Mathematically, the technique described in this paper is based on a theory of set-valued evolution equations with the approximation of solutions formulated in terms of set-valued calculus by ellipsoidal-valued functions