This paper describes two practical fusion techniques (hybrid fusion and cued fusion) for automatic target cueing that combine features derived from each sensor data at the object-level. In the hybrid fusion method eac...
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(纸本)0819431931
This paper describes two practical fusion techniques (hybrid fusion and cued fusion) for automatic target cueing that combine features derived from each sensor data at the object-level. In the hybrid fusion method each of the input sensor data is prescreened (i.e. Automatic Target Cueing (ATC) is performed) before the fusion stage. The cued fusion method assumes that one of the sensors is designated as a primary sensor, and thus ATC is only applied to its input data. If one of the sensors exhibits a higher Pd and/or a lower false alarm rate, it can be selected as the primary sensor, However, if the ground coverage can be segmented to regions in which one of the sensors is known to exhibit better performance, then the cued fusion can be applied locally/adaptively by switching the choice of a primary sensor. Otherwise, the cued fusion is applied both ways (each sensor as primary) and the outputs of each cued mode are combined. Both fusion approaches use a back-end discrimination stage that is applied to a combined feature vector to reduce false alarms. The two fusion processes were applied to spectral and radar sensor data and were shown to provide substantial False alarm reduction. The approaches are easily extendable to more than two sensors.
A decentralized technique in which kinematic information from a radar and infrared imager are fused has been developed. To validate its effectiveness, the technique has been compared to a sequentially based Kalman fil...
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A decentralized technique in which kinematic information from a radar and infrared imager are fused has been developed. To validate its effectiveness, the technique has been compared to a sequentially based Kalman filter via Monte Carlo simulation. The comparison showed that the decentralized technique is a potentially viable alternative.
The Multi-sensorfusion Management (MSFM) algorithm positions multiple, detection-only, passive sensors in a two-dimensional plane to optimise the fused probability of detection using a simple decision fusion method, ...
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(纸本)0819431931
The Multi-sensorfusion Management (MSFM) algorithm positions multiple, detection-only, passive sensors in a two-dimensional plane to optimise the fused probability of detection using a simple decision fusion method, previously the MSFM algorithm was evaluated on two synthetic problem domains comprising of both static and moving targets(1). In the original formulation the probability distribution of the target location was modelled using a non-parametric approach. The logarithm of the fused detection probability was used as a criterion function for the optimisation of the sensor positions. This optimisation used a straightforward gradient ascent approach, which occasionally found local optima. Following the placement optimisation the sensors were deployed and the individual sensor detections combined using a logical OR fusion rule. The target location distribution could then be updated using the method of sampling, importance re-sampling (SIR). In the current work the algorithm is extended to admit a richer variety of behaviour. More realistic sensor characteristic models are used which include detection-plus-bearing sensors and false alarm probabilities commensurate with actual sonar sensor systems. In this paper the performance of the updated MSFM algorithm is illustrated on a realistic anti-submarine warfare (ASW) application(2) in which the placement of the sensors is carried out incrementally, allowing for the optimisation of both the location and the number of sensors to be deployed.
Humans exhibit remarkable abilities to estimate, filter, predict, and fuse information in target tracking tasks. To improve track quality, we extend previous tracking approaches by investigating human cognitive-level ...
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Humans exhibit remarkable abilities to estimate, filter, predict, and fuse information in target tracking tasks. To improve track quality, we extend previous tracking approaches by investigating human cognitive-level fusion for constraining the set of plausible targets where the number of targets is not known a priori. The target track algorithm predicts a belief in the position and pose for a set of targets and an automatic target recognition algorithm uses the pose estimate to calculate an accumulated target-belief classification confidence measure. The human integrates the target track information and classification confidence measures to determine the number and identification of targets. This paper implements the cognitive belief filtering approach for sensorfusion and resolves target identity through a set-theory approach by determining a plausible set of targets being tracked.
Facing the increasing availability of remote sensing imagery, the compression of information and the combining of multi-spectral and multi-sensor image data are becoming of greater importance. This paper presents a ne...
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(纸本)0819431931
Facing the increasing availability of remote sensing imagery, the compression of information and the combining of multi-spectral and multi-sensor image data are becoming of greater importance. This paper presents a new image fusion scheme based on PCA and multi-resolution analysis of wavelet theory for fusing high-resolution panchromatic and multi-spectral images. It is done in two ways: a). By replacing some wavelet coefficients of k-principal components by the corresponding coefficients of the high-resolution panchromatic image;b). By adding the wavelet coefficients of the high-resolution panchromatic image directly to k-principal components. The proposal approach is used to fuse the SPOT panchromatic and Landsat (TM) multi-spectral images. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposal approach can not only preserve all the spectral characteristics of the multi-spectral images, but can also improve their definition and spatial quality. Compared with the PCA fusion method, the proposal scheme is much better and possesses more capable of adaptability.
This paper discusses some problems in evaluating the performance of multi-target tracking (MTT) systems. various performance measures for the MTT systems are first described. These include: correlation statistics;trac...
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(纸本)0819431931
This paper discusses some problems in evaluating the performance of multi-target tracking (MTT) systems. various performance measures for the MTT systems are first described. These include: correlation statistics;track purity;track maintenance statistics;and kinematic statistics. Examples of single measures of performance are also given. The issues involved in the analytical prediction of performance are briefly discussed. Detailed descriptions of the computer simulation evaluation for the MTT systems include: test scenario selection, sensor modeling, data collection and the analysis of results. Two performance evaluation methods, namely: a two step method and a track classification approach are explored in this paper. The performance evaluation techniques are being Incorporated in a MTT test bed developed in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
We consider the problem of identify fusion for a multi-sensor target tracking system whereby sensors generate reports on the target identities. Since the sensor reports are typically fuzzy, 'incomplete' and in...
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We consider the problem of identify fusion for a multi-sensor target tracking system whereby sensors generate reports on the target identities. Since the sensor reports are typically fuzzy, 'incomplete' and inconsistent, the fusion of such sensor reports becomes a major challenge. In this paper, we introduce a new identify fusion approach based on the minimization of inconsistencies between the sensor reports by using a convex Quadratic Programming (QP) and linear programming (LP) formulation. In contrast to the Dempster-Shafer's evidential reasoning approach which suffers from exponentially growing complexity, our approach is highly efficient (polynomial time solvable). Moreover, our approach is capable of fusing 'Ratio type' sensor reports, thus it is more general than the evidential reasoning theory. When the sensor reports are consistent, the solution generated by the new fusion method can be shown to converge to the true probability distribution. Simulation work shows that our method generates reasonable fusion results, and when only 'Subset type' sensor reports are present, it produces fusion results similar to that obtained via the evidential reasoning theory.
This paper describes two practical fusion techniques (hybrid fusion and cued fusion) for automatic target cueing that combine features derived from each sensor data at the object-level. In the hybrid fusion method eac...
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This paper describes two practical fusion techniques (hybrid fusion and cued fusion) for automatic target cueing that combine features derived from each sensor data at the object-level. In the hybrid fusion method each of the input sensor data is prescreened (i.e. Automatic Target Cueing (ATC) is performed) before the fusion stage. The cued fusion method assumes that one of the sensors is designated as a primary sensor, and thus ATC is only applied to its input data. If one of the sensors exhibits a higher Pd and/or a lower false alarm rate, it can be selected as the primary sensor. However, if the ground coverage can be segmented to regions in which one of the sensors is known to exhibit better performance, then the cued fusion can be applied locally/adaptively by switching the choice of a primary sensor. Otherwise, the cued fusion is applied both ways (each sensor as primary) and the outputs of each cued mode are combined. Both fusion approaches use a back-end discrimination stage that is applied to a combined feature vector to reduce false alarms. The two fusion processes were applied to spectral and radar sensor data and were shown to provide substantial false alarm reduction. The approaches are easily extendable to more than two sensors.
Fuzzy set methods can improve the fusion of uncertain sensor data. The expected output membership function (EOMF) method uses the fuzzified inputs and possible fuzzy outputs to estimate the fused output. The most like...
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(纸本)0819431931
Fuzzy set methods can improve the fusion of uncertain sensor data. The expected output membership function (EOMF) method uses the fuzzified inputs and possible fuzzy outputs to estimate the fused output. The most likely fuzzy output comes from fusability measures which are calculated using the degrees of the intersections of the possible fuzzy outputs with the fuzzified inputs. The support lengths of the fuzzified inputs can be set proportional to the sensor variance in the fixed case. However, individual measurements can deviate widely from the true value even in accurate sensors. The support length of input sets can be varied by estimating the variation of the input. This adaptation helps deal with occasional bad or noisy measurements. The variation is defined as the absolute change rate of the input with respect to previous output estimates. The EOMF can also be too wide or too narrow compared to the fuzzified inputs. Adaptive methods can help select the size of the EOMF. An example from the control of automated vehicles shows the effectiveness of the adaptive EOMF method, compared to the fixed EOMF method and the weighted average method. The EOMF method shows robustness to outlying measurements when the average fusion operator is used.
A System for Systems (SoS) design is introduced for improving the overall performance, capabilities, operational robustness, and user confidence in Identification (ID) systems. The physio-associative temporal sensor i...
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A System for Systems (SoS) design is introduced for improving the overall performance, capabilities, operational robustness, and user confidence in Identification (ID) systems. The physio-associative temporal sensor integration algorithm (PATSIA) is used. The SoS architecture proposes dynamic sensor and knowledge-source integration by implementing multiple Emergent Processing Loops (EPL) for Predicting, feature Extracting, Matching, and Searching both static and dynamic databases. These objectives are demonstrated by modeling similar processes from the eyes, ears, and somatosensory channels, through the thalamus, and to cortices as appropriate while using the hippocampus for short-term memory search and storage as necessary.
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