Title :
A temporal-spatial data fusion architecture for monitoring complex systems
Author :
McCarty, Kevin ; Manic, Milos ; Cherry, Shane ; McQueen, Miles
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID, USA
Abstract :
Non-homogenous systems arise from the need to incorporate a variety of disparate systems into a cohesive functioning whole and may comprise many crucial elements of an industrialized, modern society. As a result they must be constantly monitored to ensure efficient functioning and avoid expensive breakdowns. In particular, inter-connected computer-based systems must increasingly be aware of cyber and physical threats that are dynamic and evolutionary in nature. However, difficulties arise in trying to ascertain threats and problems among the diverse sources of information generated by these systems. Finally, there is the question of how best to present this data to a human operator. Human systems require not just analysis, but presentation which encourages timely, proactive or corrective decisions. This paper presents a software architecture to solve these problems based upon data fusion using temporal-spatial relationships. As phase one of a three phase project, a prototype implementation of this architecture demonstrates application of this technique for a cohesive system. Test results showed the system capable of real-time fusion of physical, cyber and process data elements as well as analysis, display and interpretation of threats.
Keywords :
computer network security; condition monitoring; interconnected systems; large-scale systems; sensor fusion; software architecture; temporal databases; visual databases; complex systems monitoring; corrective decisions; cyber threats; disparate systems; diverse sources; expensive breakdowns; human operator; human systems; inter-connected computer-based systems; nonhomogenous systems; physical threats; proactive decisions; prototype implementation; real-time fusion; software architecture; temporal-spatial data fusion architecture; Computer architecture; Computerized monitoring; Electric breakdown; Fusion power generation; Humans; Information resources; Physics computing; Prototypes; Software architecture; Software prototyping;
Conference_Titel :
Human System Interactions (HSI), 2010 3rd Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rzeszow
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7560-5
DOI :
10.1109/HSI.2010.5514583