Quaternion Estimation and Norm Constrained Kalman Filtering

An analysis and comparison of two difierent strategies to implement the quaternion Kalman fllter is presented. Circumstances under which the two strategies are equivalent will be investigated, together with conditions for covariance singularity. Normalization will also be analyzed. Optimality will be shown in a stochastic sense and not only in a geometric sense as previously reported.

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