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Download or read book Sensor Integration, Management and Data Fusion Concepts in a Naval Command and Control Perspective written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this document is to present a framework for addressing sensor integration, management, and data fusion (three distinct aspects of the co-ordinated use of sensor assets to support naval operations) in the perspective of their relationship to command & control. After an introduction on data fusion, chapter 2 discusses the use of sensing techniques to tackle the problem of perception in military systems. Chapter 3 discusses multi-sensor data fusion in the context of the overall data fusion domain. The data fusion hierarchy is described, where each succeeding level of processing deals with a higher level of abstraction. How to best manage, co-ordinate, and organize the use of sensing resources in a multi-sensor system in a manner that improves the process of data fusion synergistically, and ultimately that of perception, defines the sensor management problem discussed in chapter 4. Sensor integration, a complementary concept to sensor management and data fusion, is briefly described in chapter 5. This concept is essentially concerned with two main aspects: maximization of each individual sensor output through synergistic co-operation with other members of the sensor suite, and combat system management to avoid or at least minimize inadvertent interference of one sensor system by another. Finally, chapter 6 introduces concepts related to shipboard command & control information systems and the warfare areas (such as anti-air and anti-surface warfare) and raises issues related to conflict management in the optimization of the various levels of the shipboard combat system decision tree. A tentative definition of a set of integration rules or guidelines is provided for any low level integration to be in line with the decisions made at higher levels.