The LAMBDA method has been widely used in GNSS for fixing integer ambiguities. It can also solve any integer least squares (ILS) problem arising from other applications. For real time applications with high dimensions, the computational speed is crucial. A modified LAMBDA method (MLAMBDA) is presented. Several strategies are proposed to reduce the computational complexity of the LAMBDA method. Numerical simulations show that MLAMBDA is (much) faster than LAMBDA. The relations between the LAMBDA method and some relevant methods in the information theory literature are pointed out when we introduce its main procedures.
In GNSS, for fixing integer ambiguities and estimating positions, a mixed integer least squares problem has to be solved. The MATLAB package MILES provides fast and numerically reliable routines to solve this problem. In the process of solving a mixed integer least squares problem, an ordinary integer least squares problem is solved. Thus this package can also be used to solve an ordinary integer least squares problem alone. An option to compute multiple solutions is provided. This paper gives a description of this package and provides a guide for using it.
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