A mathematical framework for the optimization of rejection and ROC thresholds in the fusion of correlated sensor data

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5434, Issue , 2004, Pages 37-48

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

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D ROC surface; Automatic target recognition (ATR); Combat identification (CID); Fusion; Performance; Receiver operating characteristic (ROC); Rejection

Indexed keywords

3-D ROC SURFACE; AUTOMATIC TARGET RECOGNITION (ATR); COMBAT IDENTIFICATION (CID); RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC (ROC); REJECTION;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 3843102571     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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