Study of the convergence in state estimators for LTI systems with event detection (Q1788508)

Summary: The methods frequently used to estimate the state of an LTI system require that the precise value of the output variable is known at all times, or at equidistant sampling times. In LTI systems, in which the output signal is measured through binary sensors (detectors), the traditional way of state observers design is not applicable even though the system has a complete observability matrix. This type of state observers design is known as passive. It is necessary to introduce a new state estimation technique, which allows reckoning the state from the information of the variable's crossing through a detector's action threshold (switch). Therefore this paper seeks to study the convergence in this type of estimators in finite time, allowing establishing, theoretically, whether some family of the proposed models can be estimated in a convergent way through the use of the estimation technique based on events.