Fusion of identity declarations from dissimilar sources using the Dempster-Shafer theory

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 648-657

  Bossé, Éloi ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Roy, Jean ^a,b,c,g,h  

^a SPIE   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d Industry Canada   (Canada)

^e DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f Data Fusion and Rsrc Mgmt Group   (Canada)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^h NATO Anti Air Warfare System

Author keywords

Evidential theory; Identity information fusion; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006267379     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601263     Document Type: Article

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