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FUSION'98 - First International Conference on
Multisource- Multisensor Information Fusion

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FUSION'98 FINAL PROGRAM
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Llast updated February 22, 1999
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Keynote Speeches:

Date

Keynote Speaker

July 6 Topic: to be decided (abstract) 8:45-9:45AM

Colin Johnson, Smart Technology Editor,
Electronic Engineering Times (vitae)

July 9 TARGET TRACKING: How to Get the Most Out of Your Sensors (abstract), 8-9AM

Dr.Yaakov Bar-Shalom, Electrical & Systems Enginering Department, University of Connecticut (vitae)

Plenary Speeches:

Topic & Date

Plenary Speaker

"Multisensor Data Fusion for Collision Avoidance using Neuro-Fuzzy Estimators."
8:00 - 8:35 AM, July 7

Professor Chris Harris,
Univ of Southampton, UK
(vitae)

"The Information Form of the Decentralized Kalman Filter: An Architecture for Multi-Platform Multi-Sensor Data Fusion."
9:05 - 9:45 AM, July 8 (abstract)

Dr. Paul Vangasse
Senior Scientist
British Aerospace Sowerby Research Center
UK (vitae)

 Complete List of 29 Technical Sessions with 170 Papers:Technical Sessions:
Notice on papers:
(1) SHORT: published as a Short Paper of 4 pages and orally presented at a session.
(2) REGULAR: published as a Regular Paper (up to 8 pages) and orally presented at a session.
(3) Withdrawn: a paper was accepted but withdrawn later by the author.
(4) All accepted papers are peer reviewed and assigned a number from 100F to 266F. There are about 170 such papers organized into 29 technical sessions. Acceptance rate is 38%. * denotes contact author of each paper.

Session Title

Session Chair

01 Multisource-Multisensor Information Fusion: Theory & Algorithms Nageswara Rao
02 Multi-source Information Fusion I - Algorithms Belur Dasarathy
03 Multi-source Information Fusion II - Architecture and Applications Belur Dasarathy
04 Bayesian Probability and Fuzzy Mathematics for Information Fusion Heping Pan
05 Multisensor Target Tracking and Recognition I  Oliver Drummond
06 Multisensor Target Tracking and Recognition II  Oliver Drummond
07 Learning and Adaptive Sensor Fusion  Erick Blasch
08 Sensor Data Fusion in Navigation, Positioning, Routing and Tracking D. Daniel Zhu
09 Information Fusion Techniques for Business and Finance Zhong-Tuo Wang
10 Mathematical Methods and Applications Yangzhang Wang
11 Multisensor Fusion in Industrial Automation, Diagnostics & Safety  Xiwen He
12 Information Fusion in Aircraft Controls and Tracking Applications   Zhongliang Jing
13 Naval Applications of Data and Information Fusion Techniques Per Svensson
14 Image Fusion: Medical Diagnosis and Military Applications Joyce  Williams, Don. Malkoff
15 Data Fusion for Military Situation Assessment Alan L. Meyrowitz
16 Techniques for Aerospace Environment Sensing & Satellite Meteorology Donald Bustamante
17 Data Fusion in Imagery Processing and Object Recognition Daniel L. Schmoldt
18 Data Fusion: Handling Uncertainty Mark Bedworth
19 Multisensor Fusion in Imaging, Acoustics, Vision and Medicine Laurie Webster II
20 Multiple Visual Evidence Fusion and Smart Data Acquisition JianZhong Qian
21 Information Quality and Algorithm Performance Evaluation Ivan Kadar
22 Multisensor Data Fusion Using Neural and Fuzzy Techniques Chris J. Harris
23 Data and Information Fusion using Neural Networks Deshunag Huang
24 Sensor and Task Management: Techniques and Applications James Llinas
25 Multisensor Fusion Methods for Target Detection and Tracking Omar Aboutalib
26 Stochastic Methods in Information and Data Fusion Chris  Bowman
27 Practical Aspects of Data Fusion for Air Surveillance Uri Degen
28 Information Fusion in Scene Interpretation and Object Detection Basel Solaiman
29 Multisensor Data Fusion: algorithms and applications Pramod Varshney

Final Session Schedule

Date and Time

Room 2 Room 3   Room 4

July 6    8:30 to 8:45

. . Opening Remarks

July 6   8:45 to 9:45

. . Keynote Speech I

July 6   9:50  to 12:45

1 14 2
July 6    2:15  to   5:10

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3

4

July 6    7:00  to  9:30 PM

Conference Reception

  on the second floor,

the conference section

July 7   8:00  to  8:35

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Plenary Speech I

July 7   8:40  to 11:35

20

7

8

July 7  11:35 to   3:20

12

19

18

July 7   3:20  to   5:50

22

26

21

July 8   8:00  to 10:55

9

24

25

July 8  10:55 to   2:25

15

23

17

July 8    2:25  to   5:20

10

11

29

July 9   8:00  to   9:00

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Keynote Speech II

July 9   9:05  to   9:45

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Plenary Speech II

July 9   9:50  to   1:45

13

27

5

July 9    1:45  to   3:00

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July 9    3:00  to   5:30

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List of All 171 Accepted Papers

Session 1: Multisource-Multisensor Information Fusion: Theory and Algorithms
Session Chair: Nageswara S. V. Rao, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,   US Dept of Energy, Tennessee, USA

REGULAR
103F Adams' High Probability Deduction and Combination of Information in the Context of Product Probability Conditional Event Algebra
I. R. Goodman* and H. T. Nguyen**
*Code D4223, SPA WARSYSCEN, San Diego, California 92152-7446, USA;
**Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001, USA.

REGULAR
112F On The Information Dilution Theorem
Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack* and Ilia Rapoport
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel

REGULAR
116F A Two-Envelope Zero-knowledge Interactive Protocol for Tiling Problem
B. I. Bayoumy, M. M. ElGendy, F. S. Holail, M. M. Kouta*, and V. J. Rayward-Smith
Head, Egyptian Armed Forces Main Information Center (AFMIC), 34 Gaaffar Street, Apt. 13, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt

REGULAR
148F A Fusion Method that Performs Better Than Best Sensor
Nageswara S. V. Rao
Mailstop 6364, Building 6010, P.O.Box 2008, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy, Tennessee 37831-6355, USA

REGULAR
172F Information Source Modelling for Consistent Data Fusion
Jorg Gebhardt* and Rudolf Kruse**
*Dept of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Braunschweig, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany;
**Department of Computer Science, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany

REGULAR
173F Hierarchical H-infinite Control for Airplane Landing with Wind Disturbance
Xin Wang and Zhongke Shi
Institute of Air Traffic Management, Northwestern Polytechnic University, 710072, Xi'an, P.R.China

Session 2: Multi-source Information Fusion I - Algorithms
Session Chair: Belur V. Dasarathy, Dynetics, Inc., P.O.Box 5500, Huntsville, Alabama 35814-5500, USA

REGULAR
140F Multisensor Distributed Neyman-Pearson Decision with Correlated Sensor Observations
Yunmin Zhu, Chengyan Liu, and Yu Gan
Department of Mathematics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, P. R. China

REGULAR
147F Kurtosis: Definition and Properties
A. Mansour*, C. Jutten**, and N. Ohnishi*
*BMC Research Center (RIKEN), 2271-130, Anagahora, Shimoshidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya 463, Japan;
**INPG-TIRF - 46, Avenue Felix Viallet, 38031 Grenoble Cedex, France

REGULAR
185F Decision Fusion Using a Multiple Linear Classifier
P. Verlinde*, G. Maitre, and E. Mayoraz
Telecom Paris, Department Signal, 46, rue Barrault, 75634, Paris, Cedex 13, France

REGULAR
187F A Two-step Extended Kalman Fusion Approach for Misaligned Sensors
Y. Zhou* and H. Leung
Telexis Corporation, 2427 Holly Lane, Ottawa, Ontario K1V7P2, Canada

REGULAR
189F Invariant Scene Analysis Using Multi-spectral Information
F. Sadjadi
Lockheed Martin Corporation, 3333 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55121, USA

Session 3: Multi-source Information Fusion II - Architecture and Applications
Session Chair: Belur V. Dasarathy, Dynetics, Inc., P.O.Box 5500, Huntsville, Alabama 35814-5500, USA

REGULAR
190F GIFTS: A Guide to Intelligent Fusion Technology Selection
B. V. Dasarathy* and S. D. Townsend
Dynetics, Inc., P.O.Box 5500, Huntsville, Alabama 35814-5500, USA

REGULAR
191F Fusion Architectures for Intelligent Integrated Processing of Multisensor Data in Target Surveillance and Tracking Applications
M. K. Sundareshan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0104, USA

REGULAR
192F Flight-tested Data Fusion: The ESAI Experience
R. Schiffmiller* and J. Scott
Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems, Ridge Hill, Yonkers, New York 10710, USA

REGULAR
193F Identification of Motion Events from Fusion of Micropower Impulse Radar and Other Sensor Data
James K. Wolford
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-183, P.O.Box 808, Livermore, California 94551, USA

REGULAR
213F Two New Distributed CFAR Detectors Transmitting Local Detection Statistics Based on Cell-Averaging
Jian Guan, Yingming Peng*, You He**
*Department of Electronics Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China;
**Department of Electronics Engineering, Naval Aeronautical Engineering Academy, P.O.Box 109, Yantai City, Shandong Province, 264001, P. R. China

REGULAR
256F Distributed Architectures for Data Fusion
Chee-Yee Chong
Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. 385 Moffett Park Drive, Suite 110, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA

Session 4: Bayesian Probability and Fuzzy Mathematics for Information Fusion
Session Chair: Heping Pan, CSSIP,  Technology Park Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia

REGULAR
194F Random Sets and Fuzzy Sets: a Special Connection
I. R. Goodman
Code D4223, SPA WARSYSCEN, Seaside, Building 600, San Diego, California 92152, USA

REGULAR
196F Fuzzy Causal Probabilistic Networks - A New Ideal and Practical Inference Engine
Heping Pan and Daniel McMichael
CSSIP, SPRI Building, Technology Park Adelaide, The Levels, SA 5095, Australia

REGULAR
271F Estimating the Structure of Bayesian Networks Using Mixtures
Daniel McMichael
Cooperative Research Centre for Sensor Signal and Information Processing (CSSIP), SPRI Building, Technology Park Adelaide, The Levels, SA 5095, Australia

REGULAR
183F Multi-Target Tracking Theory in Random Set Formalism
Shozo Mori
Raytheon Systems Company, Advanced C3I Systems, 1290 Parkmoor Avenue, San Jose, California 95126, US

REGULAR
195F Knowledge Discovery Mechanism Based on Generalized Inductive Logic Causal Model
Bingru Yang
Department of Computer Science, College of Information Engineering,
University of Science and Technology of Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China

REGULAR
139F Fast Combination of a Class of Belief Functions
Zhang XingHu and How Khee Yin
DSO National Laboratories, 20 Science Park Drive, Singapore 118230, Republic of Singapore

Session 5: Multisensor Target Tracking and Recognition I
Session Chair: Oliver E. Drummond, Consulting Engineer,  Culver City, CA 90230, USA

REGULAR
154F Multi-sensor Fusion and Performance Analysis
A. Srivastava*, M. Cooper**, M. Miller**, and U. Grenander***
*Department of Statistics and Statistical Consulting Center, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4330, USA;
**Department of Electrical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA;
***Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.

REGULAR
234F Information Measures for Object Recognition
Matthew Cooper and Michael Miller
Center For Imaging Science, Department of Electrical Engineering,Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA

REGULAR
186F Supervised Multisensor Tracking Algorithm
Vincent Nimier
French
National Establishment for Aerospace Research (ONERA), BP72, 92322 Chatillon Cedex, France

REGULAR
237F Observability Conditions for Multi-Sensor Biased Time Invariant Systems
Charlene Bembenek***, Tom A. Chmielewski, Jr.**, and Paul R. Kalata*
*ECE Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA;
**Sensar, Moorestown, NJ 08057, USA;
***Lockheed Martin, Philadelphia, PA, USA

REGULAR (standby)
243F Adaptive Interacting Multiple Model Algorithm for Maneuvring Ship Tracking
Emil Semerdjiev and Ludmila Mihaylova
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Central Laboratory for Parallel Processing, 'Acad. G. Bonchev' Str., Bl 25-A, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

REGULAR (standby)
244F Efficient Alpha-beta Target Tracking Initiation
Paul L. Rawicz, Paul R. Kalata, Thomas A. Chmielewski*, and Kevin M. Murphy
Department of Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA

Session 6: Multisensor Target Tracking and Recognition II
Session Chair: Oliver E. Drummond, Consulting Engineer, Culver City, CA 90230, USA

REGULAR
235F ATR Feature-Based Tracking Filter
Erik P. Blasch and Jeff R. Layne
AFRL/SNAT, 2241 Avionics Circle, Dayton, OH 45324, USA

REGULAR
236F Tracklets and Covariance Truncation Options for TBM Tracking
Michael D. Miller*, Oliver E. Drummond**, and Albert J. Perrella***
*RAND, 1700 Main Street, Santa Monica, California 90407, USA;
**10705 Cranks Road, Culver City, California 90230, USA;
***IDA/POET, Suite 1100, 1745 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, USA

REGULAR
239F Tracking Probability: An Integrated Approach to Tracking in Clutter
Ning Li and X. Rong Li
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA

REGULAR
240F An Alternative IMM Solution to Benchmark Tracking Problem
V. P. Jilkov, L. S. Michaylova, and X. Rong Li**
Central Laboratory for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 25A, "cad. G. Bonchev" St., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
**Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA.

REGULAR
241F Maneuvering Ship Model Identification and Interacting Multiple Model Tracking Algorithm Design
Emil Semerdjiev, Ludmila Mihaylova, and Tzvetan Semerdjiev
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Central Laboratory for Parallel Processing,

'Acad. G. Bonchev' Str., Bl 25-A, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

REGULAR (standby)
238F Multiple Sensor Data Association Algorithm Using Hough Transform for Track Initiation
Kiril Alexiev, Ludmil Bojiloy, and Emil Semerdjiev*
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Central Laboratory for Parallel Processing, "Acad. G. Bonchev' Str., Bl. 25-A, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Session 7: Learning and Adaptive Sensor Fusion
Session Chair: Erick Blasch, Air Force Research Lab/Automatic Target Recognition, WPAFB, OH,  USA

REGULAR
129F On the Solutions of One-Class-One-Output Feedforward Neural Network Classifiers Using Backpropagation Training
De-Shuang Huang
Beijing Institute of System Engineering, P.O.Box 9702-19, Beijing 100101, P. R. China

REGULAR
197F Adaptive Action Learning
Erick Blasch
Air Force Research Laboratory/Automatic Target Recognition, USA

REGULAR
199F Decision Fusion for Learning in Pattern Recognition
Galya Rogova
CalSpan, University of Buffalo at SUNY, P.O.Box 400, 4455 Genesee St., Buffalo, New York 14255, USA

REGULAR
211F A Learning Decentralized Sequential Detection Method Based on Neurocomputation
Chengan Guo* and Anthony Kuh
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.

REGULAR
245F Tracking Maneuvering and Bending Extended Target Using Adaptive IMM and PPM
Jean Dezert** and X. Rong Li*
*Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA.
**ONERA - Departement DTIM/MCT, Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales, (French National Establishment for Aerospace Research), 29 Avenue de la Division Leclerc, 92320 Chatillon, France

258F REINFORCEMENT LEARNING METHOD FOR ATTRIBUTE FUSION IN MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS TRACKING
Petri Korpisaari* and Jukka Saarinen
Tampere University of Technology, Signal Processing Laboratory, P.O.B. 553 FIN-33101 Tampere, FINLAND

Session 8: Sensor Data Fusion in Navigation, Positioning, Routing and Tracking
Session Chair: Dongping (Daniel) Zhu, Zaptron Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA

REGULAR
102F Design and Implementation of a Positioning Module for an Autonomous Guided Vehicle
Raymond Koopman*, Jiang Ting Ying*, Kenneth Chan Seng Way*, Sam Ge Shuzhi**, and Terence Goh***
*Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 71 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 638075
**National University of Singapore, Dept of Electrical Engineering, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
***Defence Material Organization, MINDEF, 1 Depot Road #18-05, Defence Technology Towers, Tower A, Singapore 109679

REGULAR
122F Cartographic Coregistration Navigation Using MTI Radar
Frank A. SanFilippo
Information Warfare, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Surveillance and Battle Management Systems
, Melbourne, Florida 32902, USA

REGULAR
123F A Discrete-time Recurrent Neural Network for Shortest-Path Routing
Jun Wang* and Yousheng Xia
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

REGULAR
156F Location Estimation for an Autonomously Guided Vehicle Using an Augmented Kalman Filter to Simultaneously Autocalibrate the Odometry
Thomas Dall Larsen*, Martin Bak, Nils A. Andersen, and Ole Ravn
Department of Automation, Technical University of Denmark, Building 326, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

REGULAR
167F An Interpolating Wavelet Filter for Terrain Navigation
Niclas Bergman
Department of Electrical Engineering, Linkoping University, S58183, Linkoping, Sweden

REGULAR
209F Fuzzy Sensor Data Fusion in GPS Vehicle Positioning
Dongping (Daniel) Zhu* and Bob Zhang
Zaptron Systems, Inc., 520 Weddell Drive, Suite 11, Sunnyvale, California 94089, USA

Session 9: Information Fusion Techniques for Business and Finance
Session Chair: Zhong-Tuo Wang, Institute of Systems Engineering,
Dalian University of Technology, P. R. China

REGULAR
202F MSDF in Time Series Prediction Using Delay Coordinate Embedding
Todor D. Tagarev
Space Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Acad.G.Bonchev Str. Bl. 29, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria

REGULAR
203F A Method of Time Series with Fuzzy Input Information
Shengju Han and Yanzhang Wang
School of Business Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China

REGULAR
204F Study on Fuzzy Utility Functions with Applications to Business Data Mining
Yanzhang Wang* and Dongping Daniel Zhu**
*School of Business Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China

** Zaptron Systems, Inc., 520 Weddell Drive, Suite 11,  Sunnyvale, CA,94089    USA

REGULAR
205F Consideration of the Personal Preference in Determining Membership Function for Linguistic Information
Lili Rong and Zhongtuo Wang
Institute of Systems Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China

REGULAR
254F Decision Making for Multi-Fiscal and Multi-Monetary Policy Measurements
Blasch, Erik
Air Force Research Lab/ Automatic Target Recognition,AFRL/SNAT 2241 Avionics Circle, WPAFB, OH 45433-7319, USA

SHORT
269F Chaotic Time Series Prediction using Neural Networks Method in Embedded Phase Space
Jun Zhang and K.F. Man
Electronic Engineering Department, City University of Hong Kong
Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, HONG KONG.

Session 10: Mathematical Methods and Applications
Session Chair: Yangzhang Wang, School of Business Management, Dalian University of Technology, P. R. China

SHORT
100F (Withdrawn)

REGULAR
101F An IMM Noise Identification Algorithm Using Innovation Filtering
Zhen Ding*, Zhiwen Zhu*, and Henry Leung**
Communications Research Laboratory, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street, West Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1, Canada
**Surface Radar Section, Defence Research Establishment Ottawa, 3710 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A OZ4, Canada

REGULAR
111F A New Nonlinear Regression Model Used for Multisource-Multisensor Data Fusion: An Application of Nonlinear Integrals and Genetic Algorithms
Zhenyuan Wang*, Kwong-Sak Leung**, and Kebin Xu***
*Dept of Computer Science & Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, HK
**Department of Mathematics, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China;
***Department of Electronic Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.

REGULAR
125F The Application of Data Fusion to Similarity Searching in Chemical Databases
Claire M. R. Ginn*, Sonia S. Ranade*, Peter Willett*, and John Bradshaw**
*Kerbs Institute of Biomolecular Research, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom;
**GlaxoWellcome Research and Development Limited, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, SG1 2NY, United Kingdom

REGULAR
133F A Network of Logical Sensors for Automatic River Chart Generation Using Multiple Sensors
T. Gern* and E. D. Gilles
Institut fur Systemdynamik und Regelungstechnik, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 9, D-70550, Stuttgart, Germany

REGULAR
161F Fast Algorithm of Multiresolution Analysis Based on B-slines
Yu Wu*, Hongbo Li**, and Changxiu Cao***
*Center for Software Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunication, Chongqing 400065, P. R. China;
**Department of Automation and Electronic Engineering, Chongqing Yuzhou University, Chingqing 400033, P. R. China;
***Department of Automation, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China

REGULAR
210F Fuzzy Queries in Relational Medical Databases
Uwe Tueben, Andreas Becks, Madjid Fathi*, and Christopher Tresp**
*Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 16, 44221 Dortmund, Germany;
**RWTH Aachen, LuFG Theoretische Informatik, Ahornstrasse 55, 52056 Aachen, Germany

Session 11:  Multisensor Fusion in Industrial Automation, Diagnostics & Safety
Session Chair: Xiwen He, Center for Microelectronics, College of Information Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, P. R. China

REGULAR
106F Fusion of Sensor Data for Novelty Detection and Diagnostics in Condition Monitoring
Odin Taylor and John MacIntyre
Center for Adaptive Systems, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Sunderland, St. Peters Campus, St. Peters Way, SR6 0DD, United Kingdom

REGULAR
171F System Knowledge Enhanced Data Fusion for Diagnostic Applications
G. Gordon Wu
GeoControl Systems, Inc., 1720 NASA Road One, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77058, USA

REGULAR
163F A Fault Tolerant Train Navigation System using Multisensor, Multifilter Integration Techniques
A. Mirabadi*, N. Mort* and F. Schmid**
*Dept of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom;
**Advanced Railway Research Center, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom;

REGULAR
214F An Expert Network for Factory Automation Using Multisensor Information Fusion
Ao Sun, Xiwen He*, Chengshen Xu, and Xing Chen
Center for Microelectronics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024 P. R. China

REGULAR
266F Two New Hybrid Diagnostic Methodologies: Application to Driver Hypovigilance Detection
Neil Hernandez Gress* and D. Esteve
LAAS/CNRS 7, Avenue du Colonel Roche 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 France

REGULAR
267F Reliable Safety Systems with Fuzzy Sensor Fusion in Industrial Robot Applications

Bjoern Karlsson*, Nils Karlsson* and Peter Wide**
* Dept of Physics and Measurement Technology, Linkoeping University, S-581 83 Linkoeping, Sweden
** Department of Technology and Science, Oerebro University, S-701 82 Oerebro, Sweden

REGULAR
273F N-Factor Pattern Recognition Method and Software Applied to Process Optimization and Materials Intelligent Design
Chen Nianyi, Chen Ruiliang, Lu Wencong, Li Chonghe, Qin Pei and Yao Lixiu
Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy, Academy of Sciences of China,
865 Changning Road, Shanghai, 20050, P. R. China

Session 12: Information Fusion in Aircraft Control and Tracking Applications
Session Chair: Zhongliang Jing, Northwest Polytechnic University, Xi'an, China

REGULAR
130F A Stochastic, Fuzzy Neural System for the Intelligent Tracking of Multiple Maneuvering Targets
Zhongliang Jing*, Albert C. J. Luo**, and Masayoshi Tomizuka**
*Department of Automatic Control, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China

**Dept of Mechanical Engr, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA;

SHORT
174F Memoryless Robust Fault-Tolerant Controller Design of Linear Systems with State Delay and Parameter Uncertainty
JianJun Yang, ZhongKe Shi, FangXiang Wu, and GuanZhong Dai
Institute of Air Traffic Management, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an, 710072, P.R.China

SHORT
175F Stability and Stabilization for Linear Systems with Multiple Delays
Fangxiang Wu, Zhongke Shi, Cheng Gong, and Guanzhong Dai
Institute of Air Traffic Management, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an, 710072, P.R.China

SHORT
178F Associative Identity Aggregation Operators
YongMing Li and Zhongke Shi
Institute of Air Traffic Management, Northwestern Polytechnic University,Xi'an, 710072, P.R.China

SHORT
179F A New Integrated Algorithm of Structure Determination and Parameter Estimation for Nonlinear Systems Identification
Xiao WANG, Zhongke Shi
Institute of Air Traffic Management, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi'an 710072, Shanxi, P. R. China

SHORT
180F Information Fusion-Based Method for Fuzzy Controller Design
Lei Wang, Jianjing Qu, and Jianhua Yang
Northwestern Politechnic University, Xi'an, P. R. China

Session 13: Naval Applications of Data and Information Fusion Techniques
Session Chair: Per Svensson, Defence Research Establishment, Stockholm, Sweden

REGULAR
109F Conflict Management in the Shipboard Integration of Multiple Sensors
Jean Roy* and Eloi Bosse
Decision Support Technology Section, Defence Research Establishment
Valcartier, 2459 Pie-XI Blvd. North, Val-Belair, Quebec, Canada, G3J 1X5, Canada

SHORT
131F Some Considerations of Submarine Sensor Fusion
Pailon Shar and X. Rong Li*
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of New Orleans,New Orleans, LA 70148, USA

REGULAR
137F Object Recognition on the Sea-bottom Using Possibility Theory and Sonar Data Fusion
S. Daniel*, B. Solaiman*, and E. P. Maillard**
*Dept. of Image et Traitement de I'Information ENST de Bretagne, B. P. 832, 29285 Brest, France
**GESMA - Division RSTA/TSI, BP 42, 29240 Brest Naval, France

REGULAR
164F A New Knowledge-based System for the Study of Situation and Threat Assessment in the Context of Naval Warfare
P. Bergeron, J. Couture, J. R. Duquet, M. Macieszczak, and M. Mayrand
Lockheed Martin Canada, 6111 Royalmount Ave., Montreal, Quebec H4P 1K6, Canada

REGULAR
181F Distrbuted Kohonen Networks for Passive Sonar Based Classification
Victor Jose Lobo, Nuno Bandeira, and Fernando Moura-Pires*
Department of Informatics, New University of Lisbon, Quinta da Torre 2825 Monte Da Caparica, Portugal

REGULAR
208F Some Applications of Higher Level Fusion Methods in Naval Tactics, Surveillance and Intelligence
Per Svensson
Department of Information Systems Technology, Defence Research Establishment,

S-172 90 Stockholm, Sweden; and
Department of Numerical Analysis and Computing Science,
Royal Institute of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

Session 14: Image Fusion: Medical Diagnosis and Military Applications
Session Co-Chairs: Joyce D. Williams, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories
Camden, NJ, USA; and
Donald B. Malkoff, Science Applications International Corporation, Chantilly, VA, USA

REGULAR
157F Texture Features Integration and Application in SAR Image Classification
Hui Lin* and He Jianfeng**
*Department of Geography, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong;
**Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O.Box 9718, Beijing 100101, P. R. China.

REGULAR
184F Fusion of Differing Resolution Imagery Using Wavelets
Mark A. Goforth
Science Applications International Corporation, National Military
Support Division, 4501 Daly Dr., Suite 400, Chantilly, VA 20151, USA

REGULAR
215F Resolution Enhancement Methods for Hyperspectral Imagery: Performance Evaluation Techniques
Donald B Malkoff
Science Applications International Corporation, 4501 Daly Drive, Suite 400, Chantilly, VA 22021, USA

REGULAR
251F Comparison of Three Methods used for Fusion of SPECT-CT Images of Liver Metastases
Candice L. Aitken*, Edward J. Farrell**, Richard J.T. Gorniak*,
Elissa L. Kramer*, Gerald Q. Maguire, Jr.*/***, Marilyn E. Noz*, and David Paul Reddy****
*New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA;
**IBM Watson Research laboratories, 30 Sawmill River Road, Hawthorne, NY 10532, USA;
***Royal Institute of Technology, SE-164 40 Stockholm, Sweden;
****Radio Logic Inc., Maritime Knoll Professional Centrem, 10 Bluff Avenue, Suite 114, Clinton, CT 06413, USA.

REGULAR
252F Use of Biometrics and Biomedical Imaging in Support of Battlefield Diagnosis
Joyce D. Williams
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, 1 Federal Street, A&E 3W, Camden, NJ 08102, USA

Session 15: Data Fusion for Military Situation Assessment
Session Chair: 
Alan L. Meyrowitz, Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence, Naval Research Laboratory, Code 5510, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW,   Washington DC 20375-5337

SHORT
135F A Stochastic Temporal Reasoning Method in Military Situation Assessment
Yao Chunyan, Yu Wenxian, and Zhuang Zhaowen
ATR National Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, P. R. China

REGULAR
143F A Blackboard Architecture for Incremental Implementation of Data Fusion Applications
Elisa Shahbazian, Pierre Valin, and Jean-Remi Duquet
Lockheed Martin Canada Inc., 6111 Royalmount Ave., Montreal, Quebec, H4P 1K6, Canada

REGULAR
155F Possibilities for Improved Formal Processing Methods for Situation Assessment
James Llinas* and Daniel Campos**
*Center for Multisource Information Fusion, State University of New York at Buffalo, 315 Bell Hall, Buffalo,New York 14260, USA;
**62 Meadowview Lane, Williamsville, New York 14221, USA.

REGULAR
162F Data Fusion Methodologies in the Deployable Autonomous Distributed Systems (DADS) Project
Mark D. Hatch*, Joan L. Kaina*, Mark Owen**, Ronald P. Mahler***, Robert S. Myre****, and Stanley J. Benkoski*****
*SPAWAR Systems Center Code D7211, San Diego, California 92152-5001, USA;
**ORINCON Corp., 9363 Towne Center Drive, San Diego, California 92121, USA;
***Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems, 3333 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55121, USA;
****Summit Research Corporation, North Hampton, Executive Center, 1300 Diamond Springs Road, Suite 207, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455-3643, USA;
*****Wagner Associates, 4677 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 400,Santa Clara, California 95054-1826, USA.

REGULAR
217F ISART: Interactive Situation Assessment and Rollup Tool
James Ballas* and Scott Kushnier
Commanding Officer, Naval Research Laboratory, Attn: Dr. J. Ballas,
Code 5513, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20375-5337, USA

REGULAR
218F Distributed Situation Assessment
David Noble
Teknowledge Corporation, 3900 Jermantown Road, Suite 100, Fairfax, VA. 22030, USA

Session 16: Techniques for Aerospace Environment Sensing and Satellite Meteorology
Session Chair: Donald D. Bustamante, New Mexico State University, USA

REGULAR
118F Multisensor Fusion of Environment Measures Using Bayesian Networks
J. A. Lopez-Orozco*, J. de la Cruz*, J. Sanz**, and J. Flores**
*Dpto. Arquitectura de Computadores y Automatica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;
**Dpto. Ingenieria Electrica y Electronica, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain.

REGULAR
221F A Near-Portable System for Near Real-Time Atmospheric Soundings Through Fusion of Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing
J. Cogan*, E. Measure, E. Vidal, G. Vaucher, E. Creegan, and B. Weber
Information Science and Technology Directorate, U. S. Army Research Laboratory,

White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002, USA

REGULAR
222F Analysis of Error Structure in Neural Network Retrieved Temperature Profiles
Robert A. Pearson and Donald D. Bustamante
Physical Science Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003

REGULAR
223F Neural Network Methods for Wind Velocity Profiles from Satellite Data
J. Cogan*, W. Gutman, E. Measure, D. Bustamante, and G. Vaucher
Information Science and Technology Directorate, U. S. Army Research Laboratory,

White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002, USA

REGULAR
224F Neural Network Data Fusion for Retrieval of Atmospheric Temperature Profiles from Satellite and Surface Based Radiometry
Edward M. Measure*, James Cogan, Gail Vaucher, William Gutman,
Richard Okrasinski, and Don Bustamante
Information Science and Technology Directorate, U. S. Army Research Laboratory,

White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002, USA

Session 17: Data Fusion in Imagery Processing and Object Recognition
Session Chair: Daniel L. Schmoldt, USDA Forest Service, Brooks Forest Products Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

REGULAR
115F Symbol-based Image Fusion for Object Recognition
Runsheng Wang* and Tao Cai
ATR National Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, P. R. China

REGULAR
149F Nonlinear Image Smoothing
Francisco Torrens
Departament de Quimica Fisica, Universitat de Valencia, E-46100-Burjassot, Valencia, Spain

REGULAR
165F Neural Network-based Architecture for Automatic Target Recognition on Real-world Imagery
Christoph Stahl*, Peter Knappe*, Thomas Fechner**, and Oliver Rockinger**
*Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG, Military Aircraft, 81663 Munich, Germany;
**Daimler-Benz AG, Systems Technology Research Group, Alt Moabit 96A, 10559 Berlin, Germany

REGULAR
225F Geometric Data Fusion for Generative Solid Log Synthesis
W. Chen and L. G. Occena*
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

REGULAR
226F Rationale and Justification of Tangential Scanning to Industrial Inspection of Hardwood Logs
N. K. Gupta, D. L. Schmoldt*, and B. Isaacson
USDA Forest Service, Brooks Center - Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0503, USA

REGULAR
229F Identification of Wooden Cabinet Doors Using Orthogonoal Structured-Light Profiles
A. L. Abbott*, S. Zhu, and C. E. D. Martin
Bradley Department of Elec. Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0111, USA

Session 18: Data Fusion: Handling Uncertainty
Session Chair: Mark Bedworth, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, St. Andrew's Rd. Malvern, WR14 3PS, UK

REGULAR
127F Robust Tracking in Uncertain Nonlinear Systems
Jie Huang
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

REGULAR
142F Fusion of Imagery Attributes with Non-Imaging Sensor Reports by Truncated Dempster-Shafer Evidential Reasoning
Alexandre Jouan, Langis Gagnon, Elisa Shahbazian, and Pierre Valin
Lockheed Martin Canada Inc., 6111 Royalmount Ave., Montreal, Quebec, H4P 1K6, Canada

REGULAR
207F Spatially Ambiguous Multisensor Data Processing
Alain Appriou
ONERA/DTIM, BP 72, 92322 Chatillon Cedex, France

REGULAR
230F An Approach for a Fast Recution of the Full Ignorance in the Target Identification Process
Semerdjiev and Tchamova
Bulgarian Academy of Science, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 25-A, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

REGULAR
232F An Algorithm for the Fusion of Correlated Probabilities
O'Brien
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
, St. Andrew's Rd. Malvern, WR14 3PS, United Kingdom

REGULAR
233F Less Certain, More Infallible
Mark Bedworth
Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, St. Andrew's Rd. Malvern, WR14 3PS, United Kingdom

Session 19: Multisource Sensor Fusion in Imaging, Accoustics, Vision and Medicine
Session Chair: Laurie Webster II, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA

SHORT
121F A Comparative Study of the Effects of Ketorolac and Fentanyl on Pain-ratings, Pain-related Evoked Potentials and Vigilance
Abdel-Azim Assi
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

REGULAR
150F Data Fusion for Medical Applications
Abdel-Azim Assi
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

REGULAR
159F Multiple Sensors, Voting Methods and Target Value Analysis
J. R. Parker
Laboratory for Computer Vision, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary

2500 University Drive, N.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada

REGULAR
227F Characterization of Wood Features Using Color, Shape, and Density Information
B. Bond and D. E. Kline*
Department of Wood Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0323, USA

REGULAR
253F Acoustical Detection and Characterization of Pathologies in Bioorgans on Initial Stage of Development by Using the Plate Focusing Waves
Vitaliy S. Didkovskiy and Elena I. Oboznenko
Acoustic and Acoustoelectronics, Department of Electronics, NTUU "Kiev Polytecnic Institute", Kiev, 252056, Ukraine

Session 20: Multiple Visual Evidence Fusion and Smart Data Acquisition
Session Chair: JianZhong Qian, Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.

REGULAR
132F Uncertain Reasoning for the Fusion of Learning-based and Data-driven Approaches to Image Segmentation
Sung Wood Baik*, Ali Hadjarian*, Jerzy Bala*, and Peter Pachowicz**
*Datamat Systems Research, Inc., 8260 Greensboro Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102, USA;
**Systems Engineering Department, School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA.

SHORT
152F Unsupervised Image Segmentation Using Dempster-Shafer Fusion in a Markov Fields Context
Azzedine Bendjebbour* and Wojciech Pieczynski**
*Laboratoire de Statistique Theorique et Appliquee, Universite Paris VI, 4, Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France;
**Departement Signal et Image, Institut National des Telecommunications, 9, rue Charles Fourier, 91000 Evry, France.

REGULAR
146F Introduction of Contextual Information in Pixel Fusion
S. Fabre*, A. Appriou**, X. Briottet*, and P. Marthon***
*ONERA/DOTA/QIO CERT, Complexe Scientifique de Rangueil, BP 4025, 31055 Toulouse Cedex, France;
**ONERA/DTIM, BP 72, 92322 Chatillon Cedex, France;
***ENSEEIHT/LIMA, 2 rue Camichel, 31071 Toulouse Cedex, France

REGULAR
246F An Architecture for Indor Content Based Video Data Acquisition
Qian Huang*, Yuntao Cui**, and Supun Samarasekera***
*AT&T Labs--Research, 100 Shultz Drive, Red Bank, NJ 07712, USA;
**WAP! Inc., 213 Executive Drive, Cranberry, PA 16066, USA;
***Sarnoff Corporation, CN 5300, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA.

REGULAR
247F A Mechanism for Multisensory Fusion Using Temporary Context
John J. Wemg and Wey-Shiuan Hwang
Department of Computer Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, US

REGULAR
250F Uncertain Reasoning on Multiple Visual Evidence in Knowledge-based Image Analysis
JianZhong Qian
Imaging and Visualization Department, Siemens Corporate Research Inc.

755 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA

Session 21:  Information Quality and Algorithm Performance Evaluation
Session Chair: Ivan Kadar, Northrop Grumman Corporation, New York, USA

REGULAR
113F Methods of Evaluating Multi-sensor Tracking Performance
Michel Desbois
NATO C3 Agency, P.O.Box 174, 2501 CD The Hague, The Netherlands

SHORT
114F Quality Analysis of Information to be Fused
Runsheng Wang
ATR National Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, P. R. China

REGULAR
151F Performance Evaluation of Track Fusion with Information Filter
K. C. Chang*, Tian Zhi*, and R. K. Saha**
*Department of Systems Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, USA;
**Nova Research Corporation, 203 Middlesex Turnpike, Suite 6, Burlington, MA 01803-3, USA.

REGULAR
160F On the Stability of the JPDAF for Multiple-Target Tracking in Clutter
T.-J. Ho and M. Farooq
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario K7K 5L0, Canada

REGULAR
169F Properties and Qualitative Visual Performance of a Floating Point Rainfalling Watershed Algorithm
P. De Smet and D. De Vleeschauwer
Department of Telecommunications and Information Processing, University of Ghent, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium

REGULAR
255F A Geometric Measure-of-Merit for Sensor Fusion
Ivan Kadar
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Advanced Systems and Technology,
Bethpage, New York 11714, USA

Session 22: Multisensor Data Fusion Using Neural and Fuzzy Techniques
Session Chair:
Chris J. Harris, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

REGULAR
110F Multisensor-contextual Data Fusion Through Membership Functions Revision - Application to Land-cover Classification
Bassel Solaiman
Dept. of Image et Traitement de I'Information ENST de Bretagne, B. P. 832, 29285 Brest, France

REGULAR
126F Ranking of Triangle Fuzzy Number Based on Alpha-cut
Xingui He*, Ping Zhu**, Hui Wei***, Jiucuan Hu*, and Xing Hancheng**
*Beijing Institute of System Engineering, P.O.Box 9702-19, Beijing 100101, P. R. China;
**Dept of Computer Science and Technology, Southeast University,Nanjing 210096, P. R. China;
***Department of Computer Science, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100083, P. R. China;

REGULAR
134F A Fuzzy Logic Multisensor Association Algorithm: Applied to Noisy, Intermittent and Sparse Data
James F. Smith III
CODE 5741, Tactical Electronic Warfare Division, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue, S. W., Washington, DC 20375-5000,USA

REGULAR
138F A Novel Logical Neuron Model
Wang Guoyin
Department of Computer Science, Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications, Chongqing, 400065, P. R. China

REGULAR
144F Nonlinear Neurofuzzy State Estimators for Feature Tracking and Data Fusion
Chris J. Harris*, Zhi Qiao Wu*, and Qiang Gan
Image, Speech and Intelligent System Research Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

REGULAR
206F Fusion of Numerical and Linguistic Information by the Use of a Fuzzy Neural Network
Lili Rong and Zhongtuo Wang
Institute of Systems Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China

Session 23: Data and Information Fusion using Neural Networks
Session Chair: Deshunag Huang, Beijing Insitiute of Systems Engineering, P. R. China

SHORT
128F On the Properties and Mechanism of Feedforward Neural Network Classifiers
De-Shuang Huang
Beijing Institute of System Engineering, P.O.Box 9702-19, Beijing 100101, P. R. China

REGULAR
145F Neural Networks and Fuzzy Data Fusion for On-line and Real-time Vehicle Detection
E. Jouseau* and B. Dorizzi
INT Dept. EPH, Division des Systemes d'Armes et Munitions,
Centre de Bourges, 9 rue Charles Fourier 91011 Evry, France

REGULAR
201F Feature-Based Biological Sensor Fusion
Erik Blasch and James Gainey*
Air Force Institute of Technology, USA

REGULAR
200F Involvement of Neurons in Frontal Cortex in Learning Predictable Object Motion
Stephen J. Heinen
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, California 94115, USA

REGULAR
249F Mixed Gas Concentration Measurement Using Neural Networks
Philip Winter, Greg Broten, and Hugh Wood
University of Saskatchewan, Department of Electrical Egnineering, Sakatoon, SK Canada, S7N 5A9, Canada

260F CLUTTER RECTIFICATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS
Victor Remez* and Leonid Shvartser
Advanced Technology Ltd. (ATL), P.O.B. 58180 Tel-Aviv 61581, ISRAEL

Session 24: Sensor and Task Manangement: Techniques and Applications
Session Chair: James Llinas, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA

REGULAR
107F Sensor Management-Based Environment Models for IR/MMW Fusion
Xiang Li, Zhaowen Zhuang, Guirong Guo, and Yaowen Fu
ATR Key Laboratory, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, P. R. China

REGULAR
108F Symbolic Processing for Coordinated Task Management in Multiradar Surveillance Networks
J. M. Molina Lopez, F. J. Jimenez Rodriguez, and J. R. Casar
Dpto. Informatica, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avda Butarque 15, 28911 Leganes, Madrid, Spain;
GPSS-DSSR-ETSIT, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

REGULAR
219F Surveillance Planning Resource Optimization Using Non-linear Data Fusion
James B. Hofmann* and Ray H. Jakobovits
*Commanding Officer, Naval Research Laboratory, Code 5584, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20375-5337, USA

Metron, Inc., Reston VA, U.S.A

REGULAR
212F Intelligent Sensor Management in Multisensor Data Fusion System
Guo-Hong Wang*, Zhi Yang, and Shu-fa Zhang
Radar Institute (402), Naval Aerounauticial Engineering Academy

P.O. Box 109, Yantai City, Shandong Province, 264001, P. R. China

REGULAR
220F Parse Tree Evaluation - A Tool for Sensor Management
Dan Stromberg* and Goran Pettersson FOA Swedish Defense Research Establishment, Box 1165, S-581 11 Linkoping, Sweden

REGULAR
231F The Automatic Management of Multi-Sensor Systems
Penny
DERA, St. Andrew's Rd. Malvern, WR14 3PS, United Kingdom

Session 25: Multisensor Fusion Methods for Target Detection  and Tracking
Session Chair: Omar Aboutalib, Northrop Grumman Military Aircraft Systems Division, 8900 East Washington Blvd, Pico Rivera, CA 90660-3737

REGULAR
105F A New Approach of the Gating Technique in Target Tracking Systems
Yi-Nung Chung
Department of Electrical Engineering, Da-Yeh University, #112, Shan-Jeau Road, Dah-Tsuen, Chang-Hwa, Taiwan, 51505, Taiwan, R.O.C.

REGULAR
119F Recent Developments in Fusing Microwave Radar Tracks with Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) Tracks
William J. Yssel and William C. Torrez*
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, California 92152-5001, USA

REGULAR
124F New Features of Signal Detection by Employment of Generalized Algorithm
Vyacheslav Tuzlukov
Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, National Academy of Sciences, Surganova Str. 6, Minsk 220012 Belarus

REGULAR
166F Integration of Approximate References into Spatial Reasoning Using Absolute Measurements
A. Fatholahzadeh
Supelec: Ecole Superieure d'Electricite, 2, rue Edouard Belin, 57078 Metz- France

259F LOCAL ANGLE-ONLY TRACKING USING MODIFIED PDA
Jari Syrjarinne* and Jukka Saarinen
Tampere University of Technology, Signal Processing Laboratory
P.O.B. 553 FIN-33101 Tampere, FINLAND

Session 26: Stochastic Methods in Information and Data Fusion
Session: Christopher Bowman, Data Fusion and Neural Networks, 8503 Skyland Drive, Longmont, CO  80503, USA

REGULAR
120F Application of Bayesian Theorem in Quantitative Remote Sensing
Xiaowen Li*/**, Jindi Wang*, and Alan H. Strahler**
*Institute of Remote Sensing Application, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100101, China;
**Center for Remote Sensing & Department of Geography, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA

REGULAR
141F Multisensor Neyman-Pearson Type Sequential Decision with Correlated Sensor Observations
Yunmin Zhu, Yu Gan, and Chengyan Liu
Department of Mathematics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, P. R. China

REGULAR
153F Unsupervised Bayesian Fusion of Correlated Sensors
Wojciech Pieczynski, Julien Bouvrais, and Christophe Michel
Departement Signal et Image, Institut National des Telecommunications, 9, rue Charles Fourier, 91000 Evry, France.

REGULAR
158F Optimal Minimax Sensor Scheduling
E. Skafidas*, A. Nerode**, R. J. Evans***, and W. Moran****
*Hybrithms Corporation, 11201 SE 8th St., Building J, Bellevue, WA 98004-6420, USA;
**Department of Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14850, USA;
***Center for Sensor Signal and Information Processing, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia;
****Center for Sensor Signal & Information Processing, Mathematics Dept, Flinders University, S.A., Australia.

REGULAR
168F Boosting a Noise Rejection Approach for Speech Recognition using Higher Level Decision Making
Emdad Khan* and Robert Levinson**
*National Semiconductor Corporation, 2900 Semiconductor Drive, MS D3-675, Santa Clara, California 95052, USA;
**University of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA

REGULAR
265F Association Hypothesis Evaluation Performance Comparison
Christopher Bowman, Data Fusion and Neural Networks, 8503 Skyland Drive, Longmont, CO  80503,
USA
Selcuk Savas & James Llinas, Dept of Industrial Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA

Session 27: Practical Aspects of Data Fusion for Air Surveillance
Session Chair: Uri Degen, Advanced Technology Ltd. (ATL), Tel-Aviv 61581, ISRAEL

SHORT
104F Multisensor and ADS Data Integration for En-route and Terminal Area Air Surveillance
Francisco J. Jimenez Rodriguez, Juan A. Besada Portas, Jesus Garcia Herrero, and Jose R. Casar
GPSS-DSSR-ETSIT, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain

REGUALR
257F USING FUZZY AIRCRAFT SIMILARITIES IN MULTITARGET-MULTISENSOR TRACKING

Petri Korpisaari*, Tero Lahtinen and Jukka Saarinen
Tampere University of Technology, Signal Processing Laboratory
P.O.B. 553 FIN-33101 Tampere, FINLAND

REGUALR
261F OPTIMAL SMOOTHING OF MULTIPLE RADAR MEASUREMENTS
Victor Remez* and Alexander Notic
Advanced Technology Ltd. (ATL), P.O.B. 58180 Tel-Aviv 61581, ISRAEL

REGUALR
262F MULTI-RADAR DATA FUSION ALTERNATIVES EVALUATION
Victor Remez*, Alexander Knafel and Uri Degen
Advanced Technology Ltd. (ATL), P.O.B. 58180 Tel-Aviv 61581, ISRAEL

REGUALR
263F OPERATIONS RESEARCH OF TRACKING ALGORITHMS FOR AIR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
Uri Degen
Advanced Technology Ltd. (ATL), P.O.B. 58180 Tel-Aviv 61581, ISRAEL

SHORT
264F DO ADVANCED RADAR ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A HIGH PERFORMANCE TRACKER?
Eric Shynar and Uri Degen*
Advanced Technology Ltd. (ATL), P.O.B. 58180 Tel-Aviv 61581, ISRAEL

Session 28: Information Fusion in Scene Interpretation and Object Detection
Session Chair: Basel Solaiman, Dept. of Image et Traitement de I'Information ENST de Bretagne, B. P. 832, 29285 Brest, France

REGULAR
117F A Possibility Measure Method in Fuzzy Information Fusion
Jingwei Huang* and Zhongtuo Wang**
*School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China;
**Institute of Systems Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China

REGULAR
136F A Global Framework for Object Recognition Through Sonar Data Fusion
S. Daniel*, B. Solaiman*, and E. P. Maillard**
*Dept. of Image et Traitement de I'Information ENST de Bretagne, B. P. 832, 29285 Brest, France
**GESMA - Division RSTA/TSI, BP 42, 29240 Brest Naval, France

REGULAR
198F Virtual Associative Networks for Object Perception
Yan M. Yufik and Raj Malhotra
Institute for Medical Cybernetics, Potomac, MD., USA

REGULAR
228F A Radial Basis Function Approach to a Color Image Classification Problem in a Real-Time Industrial Application
F. Sahin* and J. S. Bay
Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0111, USA

REGULAR
248F Intensity Inhomogeneity Correction for Surface-Coil MR Images by Image Fusion
Shang-Hong Lai and Ming Fang
Imaging and Visualization Department, Siemens Corporate Research Inc.

755 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA

REGULAR
270F Numeric/Symbolic Approaches to Data and Information Fusion
Jean-Paul Haton, François Charpillet and Marie-Christine Haton
LORIA/INRIA, Université Henry-Poincare, Nancy-1, LORIA/INRIA, BP239, 54506 Vandoeuvre, FRANCE

Session 29: Multisensor Data Fusion: Algorithms and Applications
Session Chair: Pramod K Varshney, Sycacuse University, Sycacuse, NY, USA

REGULAR
274F A Mathematical Model for Shared Variables among Different Observers
T. E. Schilhabel* and C. J. Harris
Image, Speech and Intelligence Research Group,
University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom


REGULAR
177F Optimizing Airport Capacity Utilization for Air Traffic Flow Management
BaoMing Li and ZhongKe Shi
Institute of Air Traffic Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, P.R.China

REGULAR
188F Use of A'Scape and Fusion Algorithms for the Detection of Concealed Weapons
P. K. Varshney*, M. A. Slamani, M. G. Alford, and D. Ferris
Syracuse University, 121 Link Hall, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA

REGULAR
268F Distributed Detection of Random Signals for Dependent Observation Cases
R. S. Blum
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lehigh University,
19 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3084, USA

REGULAR
272F Sentient Networks
George Chapline
L-181, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA 94550 USA

REGULAR
275F Autonomous Decision Making using Nonlinear Dynamics
T. E. Schilhabel* and C. J. Harris
Image, Speech and Intelligence Research Group,
University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

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