Robust state estimation for jump Markov linear systems with missing measurements

This paper is concerned with the robust state estimation problem for a class of jump Markov linear systems (JMLSs) with missing measurements. Two independent Markov chains are used to describe the behavior of the system dynamics and the characteristic of missing measurements, respectively. A robust filtering algorithm is developed by applying the basic interacting multiple model (IMM) approach and the H∞ technique, which is different from the traditional Kalman filtering with minimum estimation error variance criterion. A maneuvering target tracking example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.