Development of a hybrid estimation toolbox for rapid prototyping

The authors have developed a toolbox for hybrid estimator evaluation which allows rapid comparison of algorithms in different scenarios. The toolbox is flexible in implementing, simulating, and evaluating various algorithms, particularly those for hybrid estimation - state estimation under parametrical and/or structural uncertainties. While the toolbox is extensible, numerous models, filters, estimators, and error measures are provided by default. In this paper, examples are given of short programs written in Matlab™ that illustrate some of the benefits that such a toolbox can bring to researchers.