A static evidential network for context reasoning in home-based care

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1232-1243

  Lee, Hyun ^a   Choi, Jae Sung ^a   Elmasri, Ramez ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Context reasoning; DezertSmarandache theory (DSmT); reliability; sensor data fusion process; static evidential networks (SENs)

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CONTEXT REASONING; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; DEZERT-SMARANDACHE THEORY; DSMT APPROACH; FUSION PROCESS; MULTI SENSOR; MULTI-SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR DATA; SENSOR DATA FUSION PROCESS; SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION; STATIC EVIDENTIAL NETWORKS (SENS);

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INFERENCE ENGINES; INFORMATION FUSION; RELIABILITY THEORY; SENSORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 77958085267     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2010.2046733     Document Type: Article

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