An Adaptive Particle Filter Technique for System State Estimation and Prognosis

System state estimation and prognostics are the key issues in dynamic system monitoring and management. Although the particle filter (PF) has been applied to model the nonlinear degradation feature of the system aging mechanism in several studies, it has two potential problems: the sample degeneracy and the impoverishment. To tackle these problems, a new adaptive particle filter (APF) technique is proposed in this article to enhance the performance of PFs. In the APF, a self-evaluation method is suggested to track the posterior distribution and detect the low-weight particles (sample degeneracy). A new adaptive weight adjustment approach is proposed to adaptively explore the posterior space, process those low-weight particles, and tackle the sample degeneracy. The effectiveness of the proposed APF technique is validated by simulation tests using several model conditions. It is also implemented for battery-health monitoring and prognosis. Test results show that the proposed APF technology can effectively capture and track the system's dynamic characteristics.