Distributed detection with multiple sensors: Part I - fundamentals

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-63

  Viswanathan, Ramanarayanan ^a,b   Varshney, Pramod K ^c  

^a Southern Illinois University Carbondale   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DECISION THEORY; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS; MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPACE SURVEILLANCE;

BAYES FORMULATION; DISTRIBUTED DETECTION SYSTEMS; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TEST (LRT); NEYMAN PEARSON CRITERION;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 0030735427     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.554208     Document Type: Article

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