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7. Parameter Estimation<br />

7.5.4.4 Fixing of Parameters<br />

Parameters may also be fixed. In <strong>GPS</strong>EST this is the case for station coordinates (e.g.,<br />

reference stations). Such parameters are not setup in the normal equation system in program<br />

<strong>GPS</strong>EST. In ADDNEQ2 these parameters are fixed to their a priori value and then eliminated.<br />

Fixed parameters are removed from the normal equation system. There is no way to “unfix”<br />

parameters at a later stage. Fixing of parameters should, therefore, be avoided. This is<br />

particularly true for fixing station coordinates in <strong>GPS</strong>EST. If coordinates are fixed, the<br />

datum definition can no longer be modified at the normal equation level.<br />

7.5.5 Pre-Elimination of Parameters<br />

Pre-elimination of parameters is a basic procedure to reduce the dimension of the NEQ<br />

system without loosing information (apart from the estimates of the pre-eliminated parameters).<br />

Assume that the parameters are ordered in such a way that the parameters p2 that<br />

shall be pre-eliminated are located at the end of the parameter array:<br />

<br />

N11 N ⊤ 21<br />

N21 N22<br />

<br />

p 1<br />

p 2<br />

We may invert the second set of equations for p 2<br />

<br />

=<br />

<br />

b1<br />

b2<br />

<br />

. (7.33)<br />

p 2 = N −1<br />

22 (b2 − N21p 1) (7.34)<br />

and substitute p 2 in the first set of equations in Eqn. (7.33). This leads to the new normal<br />

equation system for the parameter vector p 1<br />

(N11 − N ⊤ 21N −1<br />

22 N21)p 1 = (b1 − N ⊤ 21N −1<br />

22 b2) . (7.35)<br />

The pre-elimination formulae thus basically compute the effect of the pre-eliminated parameters<br />

on the other (remaining) parameters of the normal equation system. As a result,<br />

the normal equation matrices (7.12) are modified. The results for the remaining parameters<br />

are the same as without pre-elimination. Pre-elimination, therefore, is not equivalent to<br />

cancelling the corresponding lines and columns from the normal equations.<br />

Pre-elimination of parameters using covariance matrices as opposed to pre-elimination using<br />

normal equations is much easier. The determination of partial covariance matrices is<br />

identical to removing the corresponding rows and columns of the parameters, which have<br />

to be eliminated from the covariance matrix.<br />

Pre-elimination of parameters is possible with both, program <strong>GPS</strong>EST and program<br />

ADDNEQ2. Which parameters may be pre-eliminated is a question of processing time and<br />

disk space.<br />

Before pre-elimination, parameters may be constrained. Keep in mind that parameters that<br />

are pre-eliminated remain implicitly in the equation system. The constraints imposed on<br />

them are “frozen” and can no longer be changed. Therefore, constraints on parameters that<br />

are pre-eliminated have to be selected carefully.<br />

The program <strong>GPS</strong>EST offers different pre-elimination options (see panels “<strong>GPS</strong>EST 5.1: Setup<br />

of Parameters and Pre-Elimination 1” and “<strong>GPS</strong>EST 5.2: Setup of Parameters and Pre-Elimination 2”):<br />

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