The case for like-sensor predetection fusion

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 986-1000

  Willett, Peter ^a   Alford, Mark ^b   Vannicola, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Patrick Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DECENTRALIZED DETECTION NETWORKS; PREDETECTION FUSION;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 0028529499     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.328770     Document Type: Article

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