State Space Estimation: from Kalman Filter Back to Least Squares

This note reviews a direct least squares estimation of a state space model and highlights its advantages over the standard Kalman filter in some applications. Although there is a close relationship between these two concepts, dual understanding of the estimation problem seems to be little appreciate...

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Main Author: Miroslav Plašil
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Language:English
Published: Czech Statistical Office 2023-06-01
Series:Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal
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Online Access:https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/192164338/32019723q2_235_plasil.pdf/e61d7cf3-071b-4588-8c42-0003a0e2f352?version=1.3
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description This note reviews a direct least squares estimation of a state space model and highlights its advantages over the standard Kalman filter in some applications. Although there is a close relationship between these two concepts, dual understanding of the estimation problem seems to be little appreciated by the mainstream econometric literature as well as applied researchers. Due to computational and theoretical advancements, the least squares estimation of a state space model has become a viable alternative in many fields, showing great potential in solving otherwise difficult problems. This note gathers and discusses some possible applications to illustrate the point and contribute to their wider use in practice.
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spelling doaj.art-ac95542e73044b89a9994dd643aff9002023-07-02T16:49:47ZengCzech Statistical OfficeStatistika: Statistics and Economy Journal0322-788X1804-87652023-06-01103223524510.54694/stat.2023.3State Space Estimation: from Kalman Filter Back to Least SquaresMiroslav Plašil0 Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague, Czech RepublicThis note reviews a direct least squares estimation of a state space model and highlights its advantages over the standard Kalman filter in some applications. Although there is a close relationship between these two concepts, dual understanding of the estimation problem seems to be little appreciated by the mainstream econometric literature as well as applied researchers. Due to computational and theoretical advancements, the least squares estimation of a state space model has become a viable alternative in many fields, showing great potential in solving otherwise difficult problems. This note gathers and discusses some possible applications to illustrate the point and contribute to their wider use in practice.https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/192164338/32019723q2_235_plasil.pdf/e61d7cf3-071b-4588-8c42-0003a0e2f352?version=1.3multi-objective least squaresstate space modelkalman filter
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State Space Estimation: from Kalman Filter Back to Least Squares
Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal
multi-objective least squares
state space model
kalman filter
title State Space Estimation: from Kalman Filter Back to Least Squares
title_full State Space Estimation: from Kalman Filter Back to Least Squares
title_fullStr State Space Estimation: from Kalman Filter Back to Least Squares
title_full_unstemmed State Space Estimation: from Kalman Filter Back to Least Squares
title_short State Space Estimation: from Kalman Filter Back to Least Squares
title_sort state space estimation from kalman filter back to least squares
topic multi-objective least squares
state space model
kalman filter
url https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/192164338/32019723q2_235_plasil.pdf/e61d7cf3-071b-4588-8c42-0003a0e2f352?version=1.3
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