Skip to main content

nyx_space/od/kalman/
filtering.rs

1/*
2    Nyx, blazing fast astrodynamics
3    Copyright (C) 2018-onwards Christopher Rabotin <christopher.rabotin@gmail.com>
4
5    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
6    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
7    by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
8    (at your option) any later version.
9
10    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
13    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
14
15    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
16    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
17*/
18
19pub use crate::errors::NyxError;
20use crate::linalg::allocator::Allocator;
21use crate::linalg::{DefaultAllocator, DimName, OMatrix, OVector};
22pub use crate::od::estimate::{Estimate, KfEstimate, Residual};
23use crate::od::prelude::KalmanVariant;
24use crate::od::process::SigmaRejection;
25pub use crate::od::snc::ProcessNoise;
26use crate::od::{ODDynamicsSnafu, ODError, State};
27pub use crate::time::{Epoch, Unit};
28use log::info;
29use snafu::prelude::*;
30
31use super::KalmanFilter;
32
33impl<T, A> KalmanFilter<T, A>
34where
35    A: DimName,
36    T: State,
37    DefaultAllocator: Allocator<<T as State>::Size>
38        + Allocator<<T as State>::VecLength>
39        + Allocator<A>
40        + Allocator<<T as State>::Size, <T as State>::Size>
41        + Allocator<A, A>
42        + Allocator<<T as State>::Size, A>
43        + Allocator<A, <T as State>::Size>,
44    <DefaultAllocator as Allocator<<T as State>::Size>>::Buffer<f64>: Copy,
45    <DefaultAllocator as Allocator<<T as State>::Size, <T as State>::Size>>::Buffer<f64>: Copy,
46{
47    /// Returns the previous estimate
48    pub fn previous_estimate(&self) -> &KfEstimate<T> {
49        &self.prev_estimate
50    }
51
52    pub fn set_previous_estimate(&mut self, est: &KfEstimate<T>) {
53        self.prev_estimate = *est;
54    }
55
56    /// Computes a time update/prediction (i.e. advances the filter estimate with the updated STM).
57    ///
58    /// May return a FilterError if the STM was not updated.
59    pub fn time_update(&mut self, nominal_state: T) -> Result<KfEstimate<T>, ODError> {
60        let stm = nominal_state.stm().context(ODDynamicsSnafu)?;
61        let mut covar_bar = stm * self.prev_estimate.covar * stm.transpose();
62
63        // Apply any process noise as in a normal time update, if applicable
64        for (i, snc) in self.process_noise.iter().enumerate().rev() {
65            if let Some(snc_contrib) = snc.propagate::<<T as State>::Size>(
66                nominal_state.orbit(),
67                nominal_state.epoch() - self.prev_estimate.epoch(),
68            )? {
69                if self.prev_used_snc != i {
70                    info!("Switched to {i}-th {snc}");
71                    self.prev_used_snc = i;
72                }
73                // Let's add the process noise
74                covar_bar += snc_contrib;
75                // And break so we don't add any more process noise
76                break;
77            }
78        }
79
80        let state_bar = if matches!(self.variant, KalmanVariant::DeviationTracking) {
81            stm * self.prev_estimate.state_deviation
82        } else {
83            OVector::<f64, <T as State>::Size>::zeros()
84        };
85
86        // Force symmetry on the covariance
87        covar_bar = 0.5 * (covar_bar + covar_bar.transpose());
88
89        // Clamp negative machine-precision noise on the diagonal
90        for i in 0..<T as State>::Size::DIM {
91            if covar_bar[(i, i)].is_sign_negative() {
92                covar_bar[(i, i)] = 0.0;
93            }
94        }
95
96        let estimate = KfEstimate {
97            nominal_state,
98            state_deviation: state_bar,
99            covar: covar_bar,
100            covar_bar,
101            stm,
102            predicted: true,
103        };
104        self.prev_estimate = estimate;
105        // Update the prev epoch for all SNCs
106        for snc in &mut self.process_noise {
107            snc.prev_epoch = Some(self.prev_estimate.epoch());
108        }
109        Ok(estimate)
110    }
111
112    /// Computes the measurement update with a provided real observation and computed observation.
113    ///
114    /// May return a FilterError if the STM or sensitivity matrices were not updated.
115    pub fn measurement_update<M: DimName>(
116        &mut self,
117        nominal_state: T,
118        real_obs: OVector<f64, M>,
119        computed_obs: OVector<f64, M>,
120        r_k: OMatrix<f64, M, M>,
121        h_tilde: OMatrix<f64, M, <T as State>::Size>,
122        resid_rejection: Option<SigmaRejection>,
123    ) -> Result<
124        (
125            KfEstimate<T>,
126            Residual<M>,
127            Option<OMatrix<f64, <T as State>::Size, M>>,
128        ),
129        ODError,
130    >
131    where
132        DefaultAllocator: Allocator<M>
133            + Allocator<M, M>
134            + Allocator<M, <T as State>::Size>
135            + Allocator<<T as State>::Size, M>
136            + Allocator<nalgebra::Const<1>, M>,
137    {
138        let epoch = nominal_state.epoch();
139
140        // Grab the state transition matrix.
141        let stm = nominal_state.stm().context(ODDynamicsSnafu)?;
142
143        // Propagate the covariance.
144        let mut covar_bar = stm * self.prev_estimate.covar * stm.transpose();
145
146        // Apply any process noise as in a normal time update, if applicable
147        for (i, snc) in self.process_noise.iter().enumerate().rev() {
148            if let Some(snc_contrib) = snc.propagate::<<T as State>::Size>(
149                nominal_state.orbit(),
150                nominal_state.epoch() - self.prev_estimate.epoch(),
151            )? {
152                if self.prev_used_snc != i {
153                    info!("Switched to {i}-th {snc}");
154                    self.prev_used_snc = i;
155                }
156                // Let's add the process noise
157                covar_bar += snc_contrib;
158                // And break so we don't add any more process noise
159                break;
160            }
161        }
162
163        // Project the propagated covariance into the measurement space.
164        let p_ht = covar_bar * h_tilde.transpose();
165        let h_p_ht = &h_tilde * &p_ht;
166
167        // Compute the innovation matrix (S_k).
168        let s_k = &h_p_ht + &r_k;
169
170        // Compute observation deviation/error (usually marked as y_i)
171        let prefit = real_obs.clone() - computed_obs.clone();
172
173        // Compute the prefit ratio for the automatic rejection.
174        // The measurement covariance is the square of the measurement itself.
175        // So we compute its Cholesky decomposition to return to the non squared values.
176        let s_k_chol = match s_k.clone().cholesky() {
177            Some(r_k_clone) => r_k_clone,
178            None => {
179                // In very rare case, when there isn't enough noise in the measurements,
180                // the inverting of S_k fails. If so, we revert back to the nominal Kalman derivation.
181                r_k.clone().cholesky().ok_or(ODError::SingularNoiseRk)?
182            }
183        };
184
185        // Get the L factor from the Cholesky decomposition
186        let l_matrix = s_k_chol.l();
187
188        // Solve L * v = prefit for the whitened residual vector v. This is an O(n^2) triangular solve, faster than a full Cholesky solve.
189        let whitened_resid = l_matrix.solve_lower_triangular(&prefit).unwrap();
190
191        // Compute the RMS ratio using the norm of the whitened vector This is the true Mahalanobis-based N-sigma ratio.
192        let ratio = (whitened_resid.norm_squared() / (M::DIM as f64)).sqrt();
193
194        // Compute the physical 1-sigma envelop. Using the diagonal of S_k (not L) is correct for physical innovation plots.
195        let innovation_trend = s_k.diagonal().map(|x| x.sqrt());
196
197        if let Some(resid_reject) = resid_rejection
198            && ratio > resid_reject.num_sigmas
199        {
200            // Reject this whole measurement and perform only a time update
201            let pred_est = self.time_update(nominal_state)?;
202            let resid = Residual::rejected(
203                epoch,
204                prefit,
205                whitened_resid,
206                ratio,
207                innovation_trend,
208                real_obs,
209                computed_obs,
210            );
211
212            return Ok((pred_est, resid, None));
213        }
214
215        // Instead of inverting the innovation matrix S_k, we will use the (super short) arXiv paper 1111.4144
216        // which shows how to use the Cholesky decomposition to invert a matrix, core tenets repeated here for my reference.
217        // \forall A \ in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}, X=A^{-1} <=> A*X=I
218        // Cholesky: A = L*L^T
219        // Therefore, L*L^T*X = I
220        // 1. Solve L * Y = I  => Y = L^{-1} (via forward sub)
221        // 2. Solve L^T * X = Y => X = (L^T)^{-1} * L^{-1} = A^{-1}
222        //
223        // _However_, we can be more clever still!
224        // Instead of explicitly inverting the innovation matrix S_k, we solve the linear system
225        // S_k * K^T = H * P using Cholesky decomposition.
226        // This avoids the numerical instability of computing S_k^-1 directly.
227        // Math context:
228        // We want to solve A * X = B for X.
229        // 1. Decompose A into L * L^T (Cholesky).
230        // 2. Solve L * Y = B for Y (Forward substitution).
231        // 3. Solve L^T * X = Y for X (Backward substitution).
232
233        // Prepare the RHS of the linear system: (P * H^T)^T = H * P
234        // We want to solve: S_k * K^T = H * P
235        // So K = (S_k \ (H * P))^T
236        let rhs = p_ht.transpose();
237
238        // Solve for Gain using Cholesky
239        // We try standard Cholesky first.
240        let gain = match s_k.clone().cholesky() {
241            Some(chol) => {
242                // SOLVE, don't invert.
243                // chol.solve(B) computes S_k^{-1} * B more stably than inv(S_k) * B
244                let k_t = chol.solve(&rhs);
245                k_t.transpose()
246            }
247            None => {
248                // If this fails, revert the LU decomposition of nalgebra
249                // Invert the innovation covariance.
250                match s_k.try_inverse() {
251                    Some(s_k_inv) => covar_bar * &h_tilde.transpose() * &s_k_inv,
252                    None => {
253                        eprintln!(
254                            "SINGULAR GAIN\nr = {r_k}\nh = {h_tilde:.3e}\ncovar = {covar_bar:.3e}"
255                        );
256                        return Err(ODError::SingularKalmanGain);
257                    }
258                }
259            }
260        };
261
262        // Compute the state estimate, depends on the variant.
263        let (state_hat, res) = match self.variant {
264            KalmanVariant::ReferenceUpdate => {
265                // In EKF, the state hat is actually the state deviation. We trust the gain to be correct,
266                // so we just apply it directly to the prefit residual.
267                let state_hat = &gain * &prefit;
268                let postfit = &prefit - (&h_tilde * state_hat);
269                let resid = Residual::accepted(
270                    epoch,
271                    prefit,
272                    whitened_resid,
273                    postfit,
274                    ratio,
275                    innovation_trend,
276                    real_obs,
277                    computed_obs,
278                );
279                (state_hat, resid)
280            }
281            KalmanVariant::DeviationTracking => {
282                // Time update
283                let state_bar = stm * self.prev_estimate.state_deviation;
284                let postfit = &prefit - (&h_tilde * state_bar);
285                (
286                    state_bar + &gain * &postfit,
287                    Residual::accepted(
288                        epoch,
289                        prefit,
290                        whitened_resid,
291                        postfit,
292                        ratio,
293                        innovation_trend,
294                        real_obs,
295                        computed_obs,
296                    ),
297                )
298            }
299        };
300
301        // Compute covariance (Joseph update)
302        let first_term =
303            OMatrix::<f64, <T as State>::Size, <T as State>::Size>::identity() - &gain * &h_tilde;
304        let mut covar =
305            first_term * covar_bar * first_term.transpose() + &gain * &r_k * &gain.transpose();
306
307        // Force symmetry on the covariance
308        covar = 0.5 * (covar + covar.transpose());
309
310        // Clamp negative machine-precision noise on the diagonal
311        for i in 0..<T as State>::Size::DIM {
312            if covar[(i, i)].is_sign_negative() {
313                covar[(i, i)] = 0.0;
314            }
315        }
316
317        // And wrap up
318        let estimate = KfEstimate {
319            nominal_state,
320            state_deviation: state_hat,
321            covar,
322            covar_bar,
323            stm,
324            predicted: false,
325        };
326
327        self.prev_estimate = estimate;
328        // Update the prev epoch for all SNCs
329        for snc in &mut self.process_noise {
330            snc.prev_epoch = Some(self.prev_estimate.epoch());
331        }
332
333        Ok((estimate, res, Some(gain)))
334    }
335
336    pub fn replace_state(&self) -> bool {
337        matches!(self.variant, KalmanVariant::ReferenceUpdate)
338    }
339
340    /// Overwrites all of the process noises to the one provided
341    pub fn set_process_noise(&mut self, snc: ProcessNoise<A>) {
342        self.process_noise = vec![snc];
343    }
344}