Summary
A modification of the particle filter algorithm that allows using it also in cases with incorrect measurements has been presented in the paper. The use of anti‐zero bias does not require a large computational effort (a single additional operation for each measurement value), and simultaneously does not deteriorate results for the case of good measurements (if the bias value is not too large). It has been shown that the bias which provides the best estimation quality depends on the particles number. The obtained results have been compared with unscented Kalman filter method with bad measurement data identification. As an object, power system has been used, with main task set as estimation of the state of this system. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.