A mathematical framework to optimize ATR systems with non-declarations and sensor fusion

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1789-1812

  Laine, Trevor I ^a   Bauer, Jr , Kenneth W ^a  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic target recognition (ATR); Classifier performance; Combat identification (CID); Mixed variable optimization; Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve; Rejection; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL METHODS; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

CLASSIFIER PERFORMANCE; COMBAT IDENTIFICATION (CID); MIXED VARIABLE OPTIMIZATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC (ROC) CURVE; SENSOR FUSION;

AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION;

EID: 35448983941     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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