Decentralized Maximum-Likelihood Estimation for Sensor Networks Composed of Nonlinearly Coupled Dynamical Systems

DOI10.1109/TSP.2007.893921MaRDI QIDQ4564723zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Sergio Barbarossa, Gesualdo Scutari

Publication date 12 June 2018

Published in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0612042

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems in control (37N35) Signal theory (characterization, reconstruction, filtering, etc.) (94A12)

Abstract: In this paper we propose a decentralized sensor network scheme capable to reach a globally optimum maximum likelihood (ML) estimate through self-synchronization of nonlinearly coupled dynamical systems. Each node of the network is composed of a sensor and a first-order dynamical system initialized with the local measurements. Nearby nodes interact with each other exchanging their state value and the final estimate is associated to the state derivative of each dynamical system. We derive the conditions on the coupling mechanism guaranteeing that, if the network observes one common phenomenon, each node converges to the globally optimal ML estimate. We prove that the synchronized state is globally asymptotically stable if the coupling strength exceeds a given threshold. Acting on a single parameter, the coupling strength, we show how, in the case of nonlinear coupling, the network behavior can switch from a global consensus system to a spatial clustering system. Finally, we show the effect of the network topology on the scalability properties of the network and we validate our theoretical findings with simulation results.

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