Title :
Top ten trends in High-Level Information Fusion
Author :
Blasch, Erik ; Valin, Pierre ; Jousselme, Anne-Laure ; Lambert, Dale ; Bossé, Éloi
Author_Institution :
AFRL/RIEA, Rome, NY, USA
Abstract :
High-Level Information Fusion (HLIF) is a relatively new exploration of methods in the last decade. The discussion will address the issues between low-level (signal processing and object state estimation and characterization) and HLIF (control, situational understanding, and relationships to the environment). From a series of efforts in identifying the main research focuses for the next decade, we have identified the main issues from fusion conference papers and panel discussions, towards a comprehensive analysis. With the advent of the HLIF grand challenges, many of the issues were analyzed over the last decade. In this paper, we highlight the main themes and a discussion of the attributes of the top ten issues. Since IF is to reduce uncertainty, a focus of this paper for the Evaluation of Techniques for Uncertainty Representation (ETUR) working group is to posit the issues of uncertainty for HLIF. Specific trends include data/knowledge representations, situation/threat/impact assessment, systems design, evaluation, and information management. The paper concludes with a topic of brief analysis of an uncertainty ontology for the ETURWG.
Keywords :
information management; ontologies (artificial intelligence); sensor fusion; ETURWG; HLIF grand challenges; evaluation of techniques for uncertainty representation working group; fusion conference papers; high-level information fusion; information management; panel discussions; situation-threat-impact assessment; systems design; uncertainty ontology; Analytical models; Context modeling; Data models; Predictive models; Semantics; Uncertainty; Fusion; Resource/Sensor Management; Situational/Impact Assessment; User Refinement;
Conference_Titel :
Information Fusion (FUSION), 2012 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0417-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9824438-4-2