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We consider the problem of optimal state estimation for a wide class of nonlinear time series models. A modified sigma point filter is proposed, which uses a new procedure for generating sigma points. Unlike the existing sigma point generation methodologies in engineering where negative probability weights may occur, we develop an algorithm capable of generating sample points that always form a valid probability distribution while still allowing the user to sample using a random number generator. The effectiveness of the new filtering procedure is assessed through simulation examples.

A new algorithm is proposed for generating scenarios from a partially specified symmetric multivariate distribution. The algorithm generates samples which match the first two moments exactly and match the marginal fourth moments approximately, using a semidefinite programming procedure. The performance of the algorithm is illustrated by a numerical example.

A new technique for the latent state estimation of a wide class of nonlinear time\ud series models is proposed. In particular, we develop a partially linearized sigma point filter in which random samples of possible state values are generated at the prediction step using an exact moment matching algorithm and then a linear programming-based procedure is used in the update step of the state estimation. The effectiveness of the new ¯ltering procedure is assessed via a simulation example that deals with a highly nonlinear, multivariate time series representing an interest rate process

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