An Overview of Conceptual Frameworks

Abstract

Information fusion refers to the process whereby machines utilise one or more data sources over time to assemble a representation of aspects of interest in an environment. Historically, the data sources were confined to conventional sensors. However, the rise of terrorism and network centric warfare over the last decade has expanded the scope of information fusion beyond conventional sensor data, with the aspects of interest in the environment now also including biographical, economic, social, transport and telecommunications, geographic, military, political and technical information. One challenge introduced by this transition is how to represent these differing types of information within a machine so that the machine is able to produce meaningful information to end users.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA515556

Entities

People

  • Adam Saulwick
  • Chris Nowak
  • Dale Lambert
  • Damien O'dea
  • Martin Oxenhan

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Control Communications
  • Control Systems
  • Data Fusion
  • Dictionaries
  • Formal Languages
  • Geometry
  • Grammars
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • National Security
  • Natural Languages
  • Security
  • Threat Evaluation
  • World Geodetic System

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.