Re: >Andrew must also be very modest because he has also never mentioned that >his father is a famous figure in electrical engineering. Rudolph E. Kalman >made many contributions to the theory of linear systems. One type of >estimator designed to combine several sets of sensor data to get the best >overall estimate is known as the Kalman filter. I have no choice but to be modest -- the math behind Kalman filtering is simply beyond me. :-) BTW, it's Rudolf with an f. -- ______________________________________ Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek@pumpkininc.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu