Name
Title | ||
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Collaborative distributed data fusion architecture using multi-level Markov decision processes. |
Abstract | ||
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Decentralized multisensor-multitarget tracking has numerous advantages over single-sensor or single-platform tracking. In this paper, we present a solution to one of the main problems of decentralized tracking, namely, distributed information transfer and fusion among the participating platforms. This paper presents a hierarchial multi-level decision mechanism for collaborative distributed data fusion that provides each platform with the required data for the fusion process while substantially reducing redundancy in the information flow in the overall system. We consider a distributed data fusion system consisting of platforms that are decentralized, heterogenous, and potentially unreliable. The proposed approach, which is based on hierarchial Markov decision processes and decentralized lookup substrate, will control the information exchange and data fusion process based, among the other parameters, on maximizing performance metrics of individual platforms, thereby enhancing the whole distributed system's reliability as well as that of each participating platform. Simulation examples demonstrate the operation and the performance results of the system. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2007 | 10.1109/ICIF.2007.4408154 | Proceedings of SPIE |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
information exchange,computer architecture,collaboration,markov decision process,data engineering,distributed computing,electronic data interchange,information flow,markov processes,wireless sensor networks,communication channels,information transfer,data fusion,communication management,channel capacity,application software,sensor fusion | Information flow (information theory),Markov process,Information transfer,Computer science,Information exchange,Markov decision process,Sensor fusion,Redundancy (engineering),Artificial intelligence,Information engineering,Machine learning,Distributed computing | Conference |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
6567 | 0277-786X | 1 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.37 | 7 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitry Akselrod | 1 | 11 | 2.41 |
| Abhijit Sinha | 2 | 80 | 8.91 |
| Thiagalingam Kirubarajan | 3 | 321 | 36.30 |