SLIDE 29 Optimization of the experiment
Can the parameter estimation be improved by a change of parameters Note on the change of parameters
( )
b a K
K ,
Let introduce now a new couple of parameters:
( ) ( )
b a K
K t f K K t f , , , ,
2 1
= = ∆θ
( )
, K K F K =
∂ ∂ F F
a a
The new parameters introduced are function of the old ones:
( ) ( )
2 1 2 1
, , K K F K K K F K
b b a a
= =
So it is for the Sensivity and Covariance matrices:
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= J X X ab
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
t b b a b a a
J K Var K K Cov K K Cov K Var J K Var K K Cov K K Cov K Var . , , . , ,
2 2 1 2 1 1
=
Sensitivity Covariance
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1
, Cov Var Var , Cov , Cov 2 Var Var Var , Cov 2 Var Var Var K K b a b a K b a K b a K K K K b b K b K b K K K a a K a K a K
b a b a
+ + + = + + = + + =
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1
, Cov Var , Cov , Cov 2 Var Var Var Var Var K K b K b K K K K b b K b K b K K K
b a b a
+ = + + = =
( ) ( )
2 1 1 1
, = K K F K K K F K
b b a a
= =
The standard-deviation of a given parameter does not depend on the choice of the second parameter
= ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ ∂ =
2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
b b a a K F K F K F K F J
b b a a