decentralised Data Fusion: A Graphical Model Approach (Summary)

Data fusion is a task in which various types of data are collected from multiple sources, which are then combined to form meaningful information. Consequently, this information will be used as the input of reasoning systems for achieving inference. It is clear that this form of information gathering from multiple platforms is more efficient and applicable than if they were obtained accumulatively from different sources <ref> L. A. Klein, Sensor and data fusion: a tool for information assessment and decision making. SPIE Press, 2004. </ref>