A graph theoretic approach to data incest management in network centric warfare

Author

McLaughlin, Samuel P. ; Evans, Robin J. ; Krishnamurthy, Vikram

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Australia

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

25-28 July 2005

Abstract

This paper considers the problem of data incest management in decentralized estimation networks. All nodes consist of both a measurement sensor and a local fusion centre. Global state information is exchanged across communications channels with bounded variable delays. Particular attention is devoted to the underlying delay structure that causes data incest. The investigation employs an efficient graph theoretic representation of the time varying nature of these delays. Applying this framework a data incest management algorithm is presented and is complimented with a tool for identifying the necessary and sufficient condition for its use.

Keywords

decentralised control; graph theory; sensor fusion; telecommunication channels; bounded variable delay; communication channel; data incest management; decentralized estimation network; global state information; graph theoretic approach; local fusion centre; network centric warfare; sensor measurement; Computer network management; Computer networks; Data engineering; Delay estimation; Electronic warfare; Engineering management; Intelligent networks; Network topology; State estimation; Sufficient conditions; Communications Architecture Graph; Decentralised estimation; Information Filter; Kalman Filter; data incest management; full interconnection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Fusion, 2005 8th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9286-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIF.2005.1591988

Filename

1591988