Applications of a Conditional Event Algebra to Data Fusion
Abstract
This paper, in the spirit of last year's article, is a contribution toward a unified theory of data fusion as an integral part of a more general C3 theory. A computationally feasible and mathematically sound procedure is proposed here for the combination of disparate information, prior to, and compatible with, ordinary conditional probability evaluations. This is based directly upon a new breakthrough concerning the extension of classical probability logic to a full conditional logic. The author has been considering C3 processes from the generic viewpoint of interacting nodes of decision makers, or complexes of such. These interactions or signals may be actual vectors of signals containing voluntary or leaked information from other nodes, friendly or hostile, or they may represent fired weapons, for example. The nodes are relative in size, but whether they represent one or a group of individuals, they possess certain common characteristics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA241232
Entities
People
- I. R. Goodman