Fusion of continuous-valued sensor measurements using confidence-weighted averaging

JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1303-1312

  Elmenreich, Wilfried ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Sensor fusion; Smart sensors; Weighted averaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MEASUREMENT THEORY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

CONFIDENCE MARKERS; CONFIDENCE WEIGHTED AVERAGING; SENSOR FUSION; UNCORRELATED ERROR FUNCTIONS; VARIANCES;

SMART SENSORS;

EID: 34748893568     PISSN: 10775463     EISSN: 17412986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077546307077457     Document Type: Article

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