THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA FUSION SYSTEMS

摘要

The technology of multisensor data fusion has made major strides in the past two decades. Extensive research has been performed on data fusion algorithms, distributed architectures, automated reasoning techniques, and new resource allocation and optimization techniques. There is an emerging consensus in the data fusion community concerning basic terminology and engineering guidelines. Recent activities by the US DoD to initiate Data Fusion Information Analysis Center (FUSIAC) promise to accelerate the development of data fusion technology by increasing the communications among researchers and system implementers. Despite these rapid advances, however, much research remains to be done. This paper has presented a perspective on the current limitations and challenges in data fusion, and identified challenges for system implementation.