Brief paper: Spectral estimation by least-squares optimization based on rational covariance extension

  • Authors:
  • Giovanna Fanizza;Ryozo Nagamune

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, Division of Optimization and System Theory, Royal Institute of Technology, SE 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4

  • Venue:
  • Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new spectral estimation technique based on rational covariance extension with degree constraint. The technique finds a rational spectral density function that approximates given spectral density data under constraint on a covariance sequence. Spectral density approximation problems are formulated as nonconvex optimization problems with respect to a Schur polynomial. To formulate the approximation problems, the least-squares sum is considered as a distance. Properties of optimization problems and numerical algorithms to solve them are explained. Numerical examples illustrate how the methods discussed in this paper are useful in stochastic model reduction and stochastic process modeling.