Revisiting the JDL Data Fusion Model II

Abstract

This paper suggests refinements and extensions of the JDL Data Fusion Model, the standard process model used for a multiplicity of community purposes. However, this Model has not been reviewed in accordance with (a) the dynamics of world events and (b) the changes, discoveries, and new methods in both the data fusion research and development community and related IT technologies. This paper suggests ways to revise and extend this important model. Proposals are made regarding (a) improvements in the understanding of internal processing within a fusion node and (b) extending the model to include (1) remarks on issues related to quality control, reliability, and consistency in DF processing, (2) assertions about the need for co-processing of abductive/ inductive and deductive inferencing processes, (3) remarks about the need for and exploitation of an onto logically-based approach to DF process design, and (4) extensions to account for the case of Distributed Data Fusion (DDF).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA525721

Entities

People

  • Alan Steinberg
  • Christopher N. Bowman
  • Ed Waltz
  • Frank White
  • Galina Rogova
  • James Llinas

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Command And Control
  • Consistency
  • Data Fusion
  • Data Mining
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Quality Control
  • Reliability
  • Resource Management
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.