Mathematics of Data Fusion
By: by I. R. Goodman, Ronald P. S. Mahler, Hung T. Nguyen
Contributors: Mahler, Ronald P. S.; Nguyen, Hung T.
Series: Theory and Decision Library, Series B: Mathematical and Statistical Methods -- 37; Theory and Decision Library, Series B: Mathematical and Statistical Methods -- 37
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9789048148875; 9789401589291
Subjects: Mathematics; Statistics; Artificial intelligence
Description: Data fusion or information fusion are names which have been primarily assigned to military-oriented problems. In military applications, typical data fusion problems are: multisensor, multitarget detection, object identification, tracking, threat assessment, mission assessment and mission planning, among many others. However, it is clear that the basic underlying concepts underlying such fusion procedures can often be used in nonmilitary applications as well. The purpose of this book is twofold: First, to point out present gaps in the way data fusion problems are conceptually treated. Second, to address this issue by exhibiting mathematical tools which treat combination of evidence in the presence of uncertainty in a more systematic and comprehensive way. These techniques are based essentially on two novel ideas relating to probability theory: the newly developed fields of random set theory and conditional and relational event algebra. This volume is intended to be both an update on research progress on data fusion and an introduction to potentially powerful new techniques: fuzzy logic, random set theory, and conditional and relational event algebra. Audience: This volume can be used as a reference book for researchers and practitioners in data fusion or expert systems theory, or for graduate students as text for a research seminar or graduate level course.
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