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The Kalman Filter, Intuitively

The Kalman filter is just weighted averaging done well: blend a prediction with a measurement, trusting each in proportion to how sure you are. Taught ADEPT-style (Analogy → Diagram → Example → Plain-English → Technical) with live, tunable Gaussians.

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