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T = 200; true_traj = zeros(4,T); meas = zeros(2,T); est = zeros(4,T);

% plot results figure; plot(1:T, pos_true, '-k', 1:T, pos_meas, '.r', 1:T, pos_est, '-b'); legend('True position','Measurements','Kalman estimate'); xlabel('Time step'); ylabel('Position'); State: x = [px; py; vx; vy]. Measurements: position only. T = 200; true_traj = zeros(4,T); meas =

for k = 1:T % simulate true motion and measurement w = mvnrnd([0;0], Q)'; % process noise v = mvnrnd(0, R); % measurement noise x = A*x + w; z = H*x + v; % Predict xhat_p = A*xhat; P_p = A*P*A' + Q; % Update K = P_p*H'/(H*P_p*H' + R); xhat = xhat_p + K*(z - H*xhat_p); P = (eye(2) - K*H)*P_p; % store pos_true(k) = x(1); pos_meas(k) = z; pos_est(k) = xhat(1); end Predict: x̂_k-1 = A x̂_k-1 + B u_k-1

Goal: estimate x_k given measurements z_1..z_k. Predict: x̂_k-1 = A x̂_k-1 + B u_k-1 P_k = A P_k-1 A^T + Q A = [1 dt

MATLAB code:

% 1D constant velocity Kalman filter example dt = 0.1; A = [1 dt; 0 1]; H = [1 0]; Q = [1e-4 0; 0 1e-4]; % process noise covariance R = 0.01; % measurement noise variance x = [0; 1]; % true initial state xhat = [0; 0]; % initial estimate P = eye(2);

MATLAB code: