Sensor and Data Fusion: A Tool for Information Assessment and Decision Making

Title: Sensor and Data Fusion: A Tool for Information Assessment and Decision Making
Author: Lawrence A. Klein
ISBN: 0819454354 / 9780819454355
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 342
Publisher: SPIE
Year: 2004
Availability: Out of Stock

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This book illustrates the benefits of sensor fusion by considering the characteristics of infrared, microwave, and millimeter-wave sensors, including the influence of the atmosphere on their performance.

Applications that benefit from this technology include:
- vehicular traffic management
- remote sensing
- target classification and tracking
- weather forecasting
- military and homeland defense.

Covering data fusion algorithms in detail, Klein includes a summary of the information required to implement each of the algorithms discussed, and outlines system application scenarios that may limit sensor size but that require high resolution data.

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List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Multiple Sensor System Applications, Benefits, and Design Considerations
Chapter 3 : Data Fusion Algorithms and Architectures
Chapter 4 : Classical Inference
Chapter 5 : Bayesian Inference
Chapter 6 : Dempster-Shafer Evidential Theory
Chapter 7 : Artificial Neural Networks
Chapter 8 : Voting Logic Fusion
Chapter 9 : Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Neural Networks
Chapter 10 : Passive Data Association Techniques for Unambiguous Location of Targets
Chapter 11 : Retrospective Comments

Appendix A : Planck Radiation Law and Radiative Transfer
Appendix B : Voting Fusion with Nested Confidence Levels
Index