?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Distributed+Estimation+Based+on+Prior+Information&rft.creator=Mahmoud%2C+Professor+Magdi+S.+&rft.creator=Khalid%2C+Dr.++Haris+M.+&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.description=In+this+paper%2C+we+propose+an+approach+for+distributed+estimation+algorithm+using+Bayesian-based+forward+backward+(FB)+Kalman+filter+(KF)+used+on+a+stochastic+singular+linear+system.+The+approach+incorporates+generalized+versions+of+KF+presented+for+cases+with+complete+or+incomplete+a-priori+information+with+bounds%2C+followed+by+estimation+fusion+for+these+cases.+The+proposed+approach+is+then+validated+on+a+coupled+tank+system+to+ensure+its+effectiveness.&rft.date=2012-07&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8909%2F1%2FMsM-KFUPM-PrKnowEst-IET-SP%255BR-II%255D.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mahmoud%2C+Professor+Magdi+S.++and+Khalid%2C+Dr.+Haris+M.+++(2012)+Distributed+Estimation+Based+on+Prior+Information.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8909%2F