Application of particle filtering for estimating the dynamics of nuclear systems

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 748-757

  Cadini, F ^a   Zio, E ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Non Gaussian noises; Non linear systems; Nuclear dynamics estimation; Sequential Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

NONGAUSSIAN NOISES; NUCLEAR DYNAMICS ESTIMATION; NUCLEAR SYSTEMS; PARTICLE FILTERING;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 42149123251     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.915687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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