Distributed decision fusion using empirical estimation

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1106-1114

  Rao, Nageswara S V ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY;

BAYESIAN RULE; DISTRIBUTION DECISION FUSION; LIPSCHITZ PROPERTY; MULTIPLE DETECTION SYSTEM; NEYMAN PEARSON TEST;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 0031257511     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.624346     Document Type: Article

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