Reduced-Order Multiple Observer for Aircraft State Estimation during Landing

The paper presents a new reduced-order multiple observer which can achieve the finite-time reconstruction of the system’s state associated to a multiple-model. This observer is a combination of a reduced-order observer and a full-order multiple observer. The design of the new observer involves the usage of the Lyapunov theory, the solving of a linear matriceal inequality, and a variables’ change. The steps of the design procedure have been software implemented in order to validate the new reduced-order multiple observer for the case of an aircraft motion during landing.