When Artificial Parameter Evolution Gets Real: Particle Filtering for Time-Varying Parameter Estimation in Deterministic Dynamical Systems
arXiv:2204.00074 · doi:10.1088/1361-6420/aca55b
Abstract
Estimating and quantifying uncertainty in unknown system parameters from limited data remains a challenging inverse problem in a variety of real-world applications. While many approaches focus on estimating constant parameters, a subset of these problems includes time-varying parameters with unknown evolution models that often cannot be directly observed. This work develops a systematic particle filtering approach that reframes the idea behind artificial parameter evolution to estimate time-varying parameters in nonstationary inverse problems arising from deterministic dynamical systems. Focusing on systems modeled by ordinary differential equations, we present two particle filter algorithms for time-varying parameter estimation: one that relies on a fixed value for the noise variance of a parameter random walk; another that employs online estimation of the parameter evolution noise variance along with the time-varying parameter of interest. Several computed examples demonstrate the capability of the proposed algorithms in estimating time-varying parameters with different underlying functional forms and different relationships with the system states (i.e., additive vs. multiplicative).
arXiv comment32 pages, 10 figures
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