A method for judicious fusion of inconsistent multiple sensor data

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 723-733

  Kumar, Manish ^b   Garg, Devendra P ^b   Zachery, Randy A ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Decentralized fusion; Sensor fusion; Sequential fusion; Spurious data

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACH; DECENTRALIZED FUSION; SEQUENTIAL FUSION; SPURIOUS DATA;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY; STEREO VISION;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 34247141499     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.894905     Document Type: Article

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