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Data fusion, the ability to combine data derived fromseveral sources to provide a coherent, informative, anduseful characterization of a situation,is a challengingtask. There is no unified and proven solution which isapplicable in all circumstances, but there are manyplausible and useful approaches which can be and are used tosolve particular applications.This volume presents the proceedings of the workshop DataFusion Applications hosted in Brussels by the 1992 ESPRITConference and Exhibition. It contains 22 papers from 69experts,who present advanced research results on datafusion together with practicalsolutions to multisensor datafusion in a wide variety of applications: real-time expertsystems, robotics, medical diagnosis and patientsurveillance, monitoring and control, marine protection,surveillance and safety in public transportation systems,image processing and interpretation, and environmentalmonitoring. The research forms part of the ESPRIT projectDIMUS (Data Integration in Multisensor Systems).
List of contents
Combining Two Imaging Modalities for Neuroradiological Diagnosis: 3D Representation of Cerebral Blood Vessels.- Hybrid Inference Components for Monitoring of Artificial Respiration.- Information Fusion in Monitoring Applications using the Category Model.- A Flexible Real-Time System for Vessel Traffic Control and Monitoring.- ESPRIT Project AZZURRO: Data Fusion for Marine Protection.- ESPRIT Project DIMUS: Data Integration in Multisensor Systems.- A Reflex-Based Approach to Fusion of Visual Data.- Sensor Fusion in a Peg-In-Hole Operation with a Fuzzy Control Approach.- Fuzzy Logic Techniques for Sensor Fusion in Real-Time Expert Systems.- Task-Directed Sensor-Planning.- Incremental Map-making in Indoor Environments.- Image Segmentation Improvement with a 3-D Microwave Radar.- A Vectorial Definition of Conceptual Distance for Prototype Acquisition and Refinement.- Distributed Knowledge-based Systems for Integration of Image Processing Modules.- Spatial Fusion of Multisensor Visual Information for Crowding Evaluation.- Robust Multisensor Fusion in Underground Stations.- On Tracking Edges.- Force and Position Sensing Resistors: An Emerging Technology.- Fusing Two Views using Object Motion.- Mobile Robotics for the Surveillance of Fissile Materials Storage Areas: Sensors and Data Fusion.- Data Fusion for Environmental Monitoring.- Concluding Remarks: Advanced European Research on Data Fusion.- Contributors.
