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To identify or localize a target, multisensor analysis has to be able to recognize one situation out of a set of possibilities. To do so, it uses measurements of more or less doubtful origin and prior knowledge that is understood to be often poorly defined, and whose validity is moreover difficult to evaluate under real observation conditions. The present synthesis proposes a generic modeling of this type of information, in the form of mass sets of the theory of evidence, with closer attention being paid to the most common case where the data originates from statistical processes. On the one hand robust target classification procedures can be achieved by applying appropriate decision criteria to these mass sets, on the other hand they can be integrated rigorously into a target tracking process, to reflect the origin of the localization measurements better.
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Appriou, A. (1997). Multisensor data fusion in situation assessment processes. In: Gabbay, D.M., Kruse, R., Nonnengart, A., Ohlbach, H.J. (eds) Qualitative and Quantitative Practical Reasoning. FAPR ECSQARU 1997 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1244. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0035608
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