Entropy 2009, 11(1), 42-58; doi:10.3390/e11010042
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Euclidean Quantum Mechanics and Universal Nonlinear Filtering

Bhashyam Balajiemail
Radar Systems Section, Defence Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, 3701 Carling Avenue, Ottawa ON K1A 0Z4 Canada
Received: 1 January 2009 / Accepted: 6 February 2009 / Published: 12 February 2009
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Abstract: An important problem in applied science is the continuous nonlinear filtering problem, i.e., the estimation of a Langevin state that is observed indirectly. In this paper, it is shown that Euclidean quantum mechanics is closely related to the continuous nonlinear filtering problem. The key is the configuration space Feynman path integral representation of the fundamental solution of a Fokker-Planck type of equation termed the Yau Equation of continuous-continuous filtering. A corollary is the equivalence between nonlinear filtering problem and a time-varying Schr¨odinger equation.
Keywords: Bayesian filtering and estimation; Fokker-Planck Equation; Kolmogorov Equation; stochastic differential equations; Duncan-Mortensen-Zakai (DMZ) Equation; nonlinear filtering; Feynman path integral

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