Kalman Filtering and Variable Stars (Abstract)

Volume 41 number 2 (2013)

Gary Walker

Maria Mitchell Association Observatory, 4 Vestal Street, Nantucket, MA 02554; bailyhill14@gmail.com

Abstract

(Abstract only) The Kalman Filter (also known as linear quadratic estimation (LGE)) is used extensively in Navigation Systems to estimate the state in the presence of noise. The author explores the use of Kalman Filtering to estimate the magnitude of Variable Stars in the presence of Noise.