Kalman filter

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Kalman filter

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Named after Hungarian-American electrical engineer Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930–2016), one of the primary developers of its theory.

noun Kalman filters

An algorithm that uses a series of measurements observed over time, containing statistical noise and other inaccuracies, and produces estimates of unknown variables that tend to be more precise than those based on a single measurement alone. They are used in navigation, signal processing, etc. There is no doubt that complex notation can create a learning barrier and the notation involved in the Kalman filter can be quite formidable.
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verb Kalman filters · Kalman filtering · Kalman filtered

transitive To apply this algorithm to.

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@misc{kalman_filter_2026,
  title = {Kalman filter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kalman%20filter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}