id: 04099178 dt: a an: 04099178 au: Hernandez, Diego Bricio ti: Computational studies in continuous time nonlinear filtering. so: Analysis and control of nonlinear systems, Sel. Pap. 8th Int. Symp. Math. Networks Syst., Phoenix/Ariz. 1987, 239-246 (1988). py: 1988 pu: la: EN cc: ut: Continuous time Markov chains; nonlinear diffusion processes; design of state estimators; computational implementation; nonlinear filter; nonlinear Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particle; trapezoidal rule coupled with the LU method; predictor-corrector method; Milshtein-Talay second order method; continuous-time ci: Zbl 0661.00018 li: ab: Summary: [For the entire collection see Zbl 0661.00018.] Continuous time Markov chains are proposed as viable alternatives to nonlinear diffusion processes to be used as a basis for the design of state estimators. A convenient discretization strategy is described, together with the main issues relevant to the computational implementation of the corresponding nonlinear filter. The above concepts are illustrated by means of three different implementation of a filter for the observation of a nonlinear Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particle. The numerical methods considered are: a) the trapezoidal rule coupled with the LU method for the solution of linear algebraic systems, b) a predictor-corrector method with Euler’s method as predictor and c) the Milshtein-Talay second order method. rv: