Analysis of ‘Pre-Fit’ datasets of gLAB by robust statistical techniques

The GNSS LABoratory tool (gLAB) is an interactive educational suite of applications for processing data from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). gLAB is composed of several data analysis modules that compute the solution of the problem of determining a position by means of GNSS measuremen...

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Autores: Alonso Alonso, María Teresa|||0000-0003-4928-3489, Ferigato, Carlo, Ibáñez Segura, Deimos|||0000-0002-0563-2344, Perrotta, Domenico, Rovira Garcia, Adrià|||0000-0002-7320-5029, Sordini, Emmanuele
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/350752
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/350752
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/stats4020026
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Global Positioning System
Remote sensing--Data processing
GNSS positioning
Robust statistics
GNSS LABoratory
Flexible statistics and data analysis toolbox
Sistema de posicionament global
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Sistemes CNS/ATM (Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management)
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Sumario:The GNSS LABoratory tool (gLAB) is an interactive educational suite of applications for processing data from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). gLAB is composed of several data analysis modules that compute the solution of the problem of determining a position by means of GNSS measurements. The present work aimed to improve the pre-fit outlier detection function of gLAB since outliers, if undetected, deteriorate the obtained position coordinates. The methodology exploits robust statistical tools for regression provided by the Flexible Statistics and Data Analysis (FSDA) toolbox, an extension of MATLAB for the analysis of complex datasets. Our results show how the robust analysis FSDA technique improves the capability of detecting actual outliers in GNSS measurements, with respect to the present gLAB pre-fit outlier detection function. This study concludes that robust statistical analysis techniques, when applied to the pre-fit layer of gLAB, improve the overall reliability and accuracy of the positioning solution.