@article{GregoryCotterReich2016, author = {Gregory, A. and Cotter, C. J. and Reich, Sebastian}, title = {MULTILEVEL ENSEMBLE TRANSFORM PARTICLE FILTERING}, series = {SIAM journal on scientific computing}, volume = {38}, journal = {SIAM journal on scientific computing}, publisher = {Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics}, address = {Philadelphia}, issn = {1064-8275}, doi = {10.1137/15M1038232}, pages = {A1317 -- A1338}, year = {2016}, abstract = {This paper extends the multilevel Monte Carlo variance reduction technique to nonlinear filtering. In particular, multilevel Monte Carlo is applied to a certain variant of the particle filter, the ensemble transform particle filter (EPTF). A key aspect is the use of optimal transport methods to re-establish correlation between coarse and fine ensembles after resampling; this controls the variance of the estimator. Numerical examples present a proof of concept of the effectiveness of the proposed method, demonstrating significant computational cost reductions (relative to the single-level ETPF counterpart) in the propagation of ensembles.}, language = {en} }