Performance-driven Multimodality Sensor Fusion

Abstract

The broad objective of this grant was to develop a generally applicable theory of performance of information-level fusion that provides accurate prediction of post-fusion algorithm accuracy in uncertain environments. determines factors affecting fundamental performance tradeoffs, e.g., sample size, resolution, specificity, and sensitivity of sensors. specifies performance benchmarks allowing quantitative comparison of different fusion algorithms. provides guidelines for algorithm design and optimization. The effort focused on information theoretic fusion methods and our analysis was based on geometric properties of information. Our research has impacted application domains where information theoretic fusion is applied. These included georegistration, remote sensing, multimodality anomaly detection, visualization, and dimensionality reduction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 23, 2012
Accession Number
ADA565491

Entities

People

  • Alfred O. Hero III
  • Raviv Raich

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Anomaly Detection
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Boundaries
  • Change Detection
  • Computational Complexity
  • Computer Vision
  • Detectors
  • Dimensionality Reduction
  • Estimators
  • Feature Selection
  • Information Theory
  • Machine Learning
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Probability
  • Sensor Fusion
  • Signal Processing

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development