Total Least Squares Joint Adjustment

The Total Least Squares (TLS) method is applied to joint adjustment. An algorithm for total least squares joint adjustment with a weight scaling factor is derived. The weight scaling factor is the key to deal with joint adjustment, and methods for determining the weight scaling factor are discussed. The difference norm between the estimated and true values is used to evaluate the TLS joint adjustment simulation. The influence of different noises on the weight scaling factor is also analyzed for two simulated examples. The results show that the estimated values is related to the weight scaling factor. When priori information is accurate, the prior unit weight variance method performs the best, and when priori information is inaccurate, the minimum discriminate function method and as its discriminate function can achieve effective results.