This paper considers robust filtering for a nominal Gaussian state-space model,
when a relative entropy tolerance is applied to each time increment of a dynamical model.
The problem is formulated as a dynamic minimax game where the maximizer adopts a myopic
strategy. This game is shown to admit a saddle point whose structure is characterized by
applying and extending results presented earlier in [1] for static least-squares
estimation. The resulting minimax filter takes the form of a risk-sensitive filter with a
time varying risk sensitivity parameter, which depends on the tolerance bound applied to
the model dynamics and observations at the corresponding time index. The least-favorable
model is constructed and used to evaluate the performance of alternative filters.
Simulations comparing the proposed risk-sensitive filter to a standard Kalman filter show a
significant performance advantage when applied to the least-favorable model, and only a
small performance loss for the nominal model.