Fusion of disparate information sources in a hybrid decision-support architecture

Jerome J. Braun; Yan Glina; Laura Brattain

doi:10.1117/12.720659

9 April 2007 Fusion of disparate information sources in a hybrid decision-support architecture

Jerome J. Braun, Yan Glina, Laura Brattain

Proceedings Volume 6571, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2007; 65710H (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.720659
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Disparity and uncertainty of information sources are both significant problems in information fusion. This paper investigates the problem of disparity in general, and in conjunction with FLASH - a hybrid information-fusion cognitive-processing approach we developed. Different forms of disparity are identified and their categorization is presented, and their implications on the information fusion processes are discussed. The issue of feature-level vs. decision-level fusion is investigated, and the methods of coping with disparity within FLASH are presented. Source uncertainty estimation techniques are discussed as well. Disparity studies and the results of computational experiments related to them are presented. These studies are suggestive of the potential of the FLASH hybrid approach for fusion of disparate information sources.

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Jerome J. Braun, Yan Glina, and Laura Brattain "Fusion of disparate information sources in a hybrid decision-support architecture", Proc. SPIE 6571, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2007, 65710H (9 April 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.720659

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