Optimum signal processing in distributed sensor systems
By:  Abdel-Aziz Mahmoud Al-Bassiouni
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Electrical and computer engineering
Description: We consider the problem of detection of known signals in noise using quantized, discrete sensor observations. Optimal design of the quantizers at the sensor sites as well as the global fusion of the quantized observations is presented. Also the equivalence between a team of two sensors and their fusion centre and another team of a primary decision maker and a second opinion is shown. Since the fusion of information is a main pillar of the thesis, an early chapter is devoted to the optimum fusion policy. Extension of the results to the case of vector sensor observations is also considered.
Notes: Available from National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va.

"December 1987".

Thesis advisor(s) Moose, Paul H.

Thesis (Ph.D) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1987.

Includes bibliographical references.