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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF INFORMATION FUSIONIN PARTNERSHIP WITH EUROFUSION

PROCEEDINGS OFTHE THIRD INTERNATIONAL

CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION FUSION

Volume II

FUSION 2000

July 10-13,2000, Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris, France

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Volume II

Wednesday July 12,2000

Session WeAl: Plenary Speech of Professor Philippe Smets

Data Fusion in the Transferable Belief Model PS-20

Session WeBl: Resource Management IChair: Jean-Pierre Le Cadre, IRISA/CNRS, Rennes, FranceCo-Chair: Frederic Dambreville, IRISA/CNRS, Rennes, France

1 - A Fuzzy Logic Resource Manager and Underlying Data Mining Techniques WeBl-3James F. Smith III, Robert D. Rhyne II, Naval Research Lab., Washington, D.C., USA

2 - Optimal Passive Receiver Location for Angle Tracking WeBl-10

Kaouthar Benameur, Defense Research Establishment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

3 - Sensor Management - Control and Cue WeBl-16

Gee Wah Ng, Khin Hua Ng, L. T. Wong, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore

4 - Scheduling Active and Passive Measurements WeBl-22

Jean-Pierre Le Cadre, IRISA/CNRS, Rennes, France

Session WeB2: Tracking Course I

Session WeB3: Image Fusion IIChair : Amy Magnus, Intelligent Information AFRL/IFTD, NY, USACo-Chair: Brian O'Hern, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY, USA

1 - Fast Stereo Matching Using Multilevel Enhancement WeB3-3

Jaeweon Kim, Shishir Shah, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

2 - A Multi-Level Bayesian Network Approach to Image Sensor Fusion WeB3-9

Amit Singhal, University of Rochester, NY, USA

Jiebo Luo, Steve Etz, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, USA

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3 - 3D Structure and Motion Recovery by Fusing Range and Intensity ImageSequences WeB3-17

Christophe Boucher, Jean-Charles Noyer, Mohammed Benjelloun, Universite du Littoral

Cote d'Opale, Calais, France

Session WeB4: Enabling ComputationChair: H. Martinez Barbera, University of Murcia, SpainCo-Chair: Roger Reynaud, IEF-University Paris XI, Orsay, France

1 - Ontology Based Design of Surveillance Systems with NUT WeB4-3

Vahur Kotkas, Jaan Penjam, Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn Technical University,

Estonia

Enn Tyugu, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Kista, Sweden

2 - A Block-adaptive Blind Separation Algorithm for Post-nonlinear Mixture of Sub- andSuper-Gaussian Signals WeB4-10

Yang Chen, Zhenya He, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

3 - Neural Networks for Sonar and Infrared Sensors Fusion WeB4-18

H. Martinez Barbera, A. Gomez Skarmeta, M. Zamora Izquierdo, J. Botia Blaya,

University of Murcia, Spain

4 - Expanded Researching on Knowledge Discovery WeB4-26

Bing-ru Yang, De-zheng Zhang, Jing Tang, Ying Zhou, University of Science and

Technology, Beijing, China

Session WeB5: Guidance and Navigation IChair: Christian Musso, ONERA, Chatillon, FranceCo-Chair: Subhash Challa, University of Melbourne, Australia

1- Comparative Analysis of Alternative Ground Target Tracking Techniques WeB5-3

Chih-Chung Ke, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA

Jesus Garcia Herrero, GPSS-SSR-ETSIT, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

James Llinas, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA

2 - Road Detection and Vehicles Tracking by Vision for an On-Board ACC System in the

VELAC Vehicle WeB5-ll

R. Chapuis, F. Marmoiton, R. Aufrere, F. Collange, J-P. Derutin, LASMEA/CNRS,

Universite Blaise Pascal, Aubiere, France

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3 - Temporal Sequence Recognition using Uncertain Sensor Data WeB5-19

Michele Rombaut, CREATIS, Lyon, France

S. Loriette-Rougegrez, J-M. Nigro, LM2S UTT, Troyes, France

I. Jarkass, Universite Libanaise, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Saida, Liban

4 - Recent Particle Filter Applied to Terrain Navigation WeB5-26

Christian Musso, Nadia Oudjane, ONERA, Chatillon, France

Session WeCl: Resource Management IIChair: Michel Prenat, Thomson-CSF Optronique, Guyancourt, FranceCo-Chair : Veronique Cherfaoui, Heudiasyc CNRS, Compiegne, France

1- Selected Problems of MFR Resources Management WeCl-3

W. Komorniczak, J. Pietrasinski, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

2 - Detection with Spatial and Temporal Optimization of Search Efforts Involving Multiple

Modes and multiple Resources Management WeCl-9

Frederic Dambreville, Jean-Pierre Le Cadre, IRISA/CNRS, Rennes, France

3 - Analysis of the Multisensor Multitarget Tracking Resource Allocation Problem WeCl-1

Pierre Dodin, Julien Verliac, Vincent Nimier, ONERA, Chatillon, France

4 - Study of the Temporal Allocation of Two Passive Infrared Sensors in a Multitarget

Environment WeCl-2

Marie De Vilmorin, Philippe Vanheeghe, Ecole Centrale de Lille, France

Michel Prenat, Thomson-CSF Optronique, Guyancourt, France

E. Duflos, Ecole Centrale de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

Session WeC2: Tracking Course II

Session WeC3: Image Fusion IIIChair: Belur V. Dasarathy, Dynetics, Inc., Huntsville, AL, USACo-Chair: Vladimir Petrovic, Manchester School of Engineering, UK

1 - A Real Time Pixel-Level Based Image Fusion Via Adaptive Weight Averaging WeC3-

Eric Lallier, Mohamad Farooq, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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2 - On the Effects of Sensor Noise in Pixel-Level Image Fusion Performance WeC3-14

Vladimir Petrovic, University of Manchester, UK

C. Xydeas, University of Lancaster, UK

3 - More the Merrier ... or is it ? - Sensor Suite Augmentation Benefits Assessment WeC3-20

Belur V. Dasarathy, Dyne tics, Inc., Huntsville, AL, USA

Invited Session WeC4: Symbolic and Numeric Information:Hybrid Approaches IChair: Galina Rogova, CUBRC, Buffalo, NY, USA

1 - Peircean Semiotics: A New Engineering Paradigm for Automatic and Adaptive

Intelligent Systems Design WeC4-3

E.T. Nozawa, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Marietta, Georgia, USA

2 - Semeiotic Data Fusion WeC4-l 1

Robert W. Burch, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

3 - HyM: a Methodology for the Development of Integrated Hybrid Intelligent Information

Systems WeC4-17

S. Kendal, X. Chen, A. Masters, School of Computing, Engineering and Technology - Univ.

of Sunderland, St. Peter's Campus, Sunderland, UK

Session WeC5: Guidance and Navigation IIChair: Jose R. Casar, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, SpainCo-Chair: Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack, Technion Institute of Technology, Israel

1- Data Fusion Versus Passive Filtering for Angular Velocity Estimation WeC5-3

Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

2 - Multisensor Data Integration in the NASA/Stanford Gravity Probe B Relativity MissionWeC5-10

M.I. Heifetz, G.M. Keiser, A.S. Krechetov, A.S. Silbergleit, Gravity Probe B, W.W. Hansen

Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, CA, USA

3 - Fault Detection and Isolation using Interval Analysis: Application to Vehicle

Monitoring WeC5-17

Pascal Bouron, Dominique Meizel, Univ. de Technologie de Compiegne, France

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4 - ADS Bias Cancellation Based on Data Fusion with Radar Measurements WeC5-23

Juan A. Besada, Jesus Garcia, Gonzalo de Miguel, Jose R. Casar, Universidad Politecnica

de Madrid, Spain

Gonzalo Gavin, INDRA-DTD, Madrid, Spain

Session WeDl: Target Tracking VI - Track Fusion IIIChair: Thiaglingam Kirubarajan, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USACo-Chair: Peter K. Willett, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

1- Multisensor Multitarget Tracking with Central-to-Local Feedback WeDl-3

Carl G. Looney, Yaakov L. Varol, Sheng Tang, Computer Science Department, University

of Nevada, Reno, USA

2 - Effects of Cross-Covariance and Resolution on Track Association WeDl-10

Barbara La Scala, The Preston Group, Richmond, Australia

Alfonso Farina, Alenia Marconi Systems, Rome, Italy

3 - MILORD, an Application of Multifeature Fusion for Radar NCTR WeDl-17

Vincent Nimier, Annie Bastiere, ONERA, Chatillon, France

Nathalie Colin, Michel Moruzzis, Thomson-CSF/Airsys, Bagneux, France

4 - Multi-Mode Detection with Markov Target Motion WeDl-25

Danna Sinno, D. Cochran, D.R. Morrell, Arizona State Univ., Phoenix, AZ, USA

Session WeD2: Tracking Course III

Session WeD3: Remote SensingChair: Basel Solaiman, ENST-Bretagne, Brest, FranceCo-Chair: Belur V. Dasarathy, Dynetics, Inc., Huntsville, AL, USA

1 - Multimodality Image Registration And Fusion Using Neural Network WeD3-3

Mostafa G. Mostafa, Aly A. Farag, Edward Essock, Univ. of Louisville, KY, USA.

2 - Radar Image Fusion by Multiscale Kalman Filtering WeD3-10

Giovanni Simone, Francesco C. Morabito, Univ. ofReggio Calabria, Italy

Alfonso Farina, Alenia Marconi Systems, Rome, Italy

3 - Wide Area Fire Surveillance by Infrared Digital Signal Processing WeD3-18

L. Vergara, P. Bernabeu, J. Igual, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

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4 - Segmentation of Airborne Hyperspectral Images by Integrating Multi-Levels Data

Fusion WeD3-24

Marc Lennon, M.C. Mouchot, Gregoire Mercier, Basel Solaiman, ENST Bretagne, Brest,

France

Laurence Hubert-Moy, Universite de Rennes, France

Invited Session WeD4: Symbolic and Numeric Information:Hybrid Approaches IIChair: Galina Rogova, CUBRC, Buffalo, NY, USA

1 - Dual aspects of a Multi-Resolution Grid-Based Terrain Data Model with

Supplementary Irregular Data Points WeD4-3

Fredrik Lantz, Erland Jungert, Swedish Defense Research Establishment, Linkoping,

Sweden

2 - An Agent based Combat Information Processing System WeD4-l 1

Phillip Emmerman, Uma Movva, Larry Tokarcik, US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi,

MD, USA.

Carolyn Gasarch, Timothy J. Rogers, V.S. Subrahmanian, University of Maryland, College

Park, MD, USA

3 - Automatic Air Target To Air Line Association WeD4-19

Martin Oxenham, Surveillance Systems Division, Defense Science and Technology

Organisation, Salisbury, Australia

Session WeD5: Guidance and Navigation IIIChair: Patrick Maupin, LIVIA, Montreal, CanadaCo-Chair: Stephane Paradis, DRE Valcartier, Val-Belair, Canada

1 - Time Recovery through Fusion of Inaccurate Network Timing Assistance with GPS

Measurements WeD5-3

Jari Syrjarinne, Nokia Mobile Phones, Tampere, Finland

2 - Fusion of Heterogeneous Sensors for the Guidance of an Autonomous Vehicle WeD5-l 1

Jan C. Becker, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

3 - Sensor Data Fusion Using Kalman Filter WeD5-19

Jurek Z. Sasiadek, P. Hartana, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

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4 - Multiple Correspondence Analysis for Highly Heterogeneous Data Fusion. An Example

in Urban Quality of Life Assessment WeD5-26

Patrick Maupin, LIVIA, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Montreal Canada

Philippe Apparicio, Universite du Maine, Le Mans, France and INRS-Urbanisation,

Montreal, Canada

R. Lepage, LIVIA, Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Montreal, Canada

Basel Solaiman, ENST Bretagne, Brest, France

Thursday July 13,2000

Session ThAl: Plenary Speech of Professor Dov M. Gabbay

Hypermodality, Shift in Mode of Evaluation in Modal Logic PS-34

Session ThBl: Defense SystemsChair: Stefan Arnborg, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SwedenCo-Chair: John Kent, Hi-Q Systems Limited, Winchester, UK

1 - A Platform for Interoperable Fusion Models ThB 1-3

Jean-Francois Challine, Thomson -TCC/SIC/SEA Colombes, France

Veronique Royer, ONERA, Chatillon, France

2 - Deploying Tactical Fusion Systems: The Challenges ThB 1-11John Kent, Hi-Q Systems Limited, Winchester, UK

3 - Intelligent Threat Assessment Processor (ITAP) using Genetic Algorithms and Fuzzy

Logic ThBl-18

Paul Gonsalves, Rachel Cunningham, Nick Ton, Dennis Okon, Charles River Analytics,

Inc., Cambridge, USA

4 - Information Awareness in Command and Control: Precision, Quality, Utility ThB 1-25

Stefan Arnborg, Joel Brynielsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Henrik Artman, Swedish Defense College, Stockholm, Sweden

Klas Wallenius, Celsius Tech Systems AB, Jdrfdlla, Sweden

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Session ThB2: Target Tracking VIChair: Emil Semerdjiev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BulgariaCo-Chair: Kuo-Chu Chang, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

1 - A Comparison of Fixed Gain IMM against two other Filters ThB2-3

Eric Derbez, Bruno Remillard, Univ. du Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada

Alexandre Jouan, Lockheed Martin Canada, Montreal, Canada

\ 2 - Progressive Correction for Regularized Particle Filters ThB2-10

Nadia Oudjane, Christian Musso, ONERA, Chatillon, France

i 3 - Optimal Single Sensor MHT Improvements ThB2-18

I Huub W. de Waard, Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V., The Netherlands

Session ThB3: Security and Surveillance IChair: Robert H. Bishop, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USACo-Chair: Jean-Pierre Le Cadre, IRISA/CNRS, Rennes, France

1 - Decision Fusion using Support Vector Machines (SVM) ThB3-3

Bert Gutschoven, Patrick Verlinde, Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium

2 - A Temporal Fusion Algorithm for Multi-Sensor Tracking in Wide Areas ThB3-9

Olivier Wallart, C. Motamed, M. Benjelloun, Univ. du Littoral Cote d'Opale, France

3 - Information Fusion for Intrusion Detection ThB3-17

Nong Ye, Mingming Xu, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

4 - Integrated Vision and Sound Localization ThB3-21

Parham Aarabi, Safwat Zaky, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Session ThB4: Detection Fusion IIChair: Peter K. Willett, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USACo-Chair: Thiaglingam Kirubarajan, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

1- Global Optimization for Distributed and Quantized Bayesian Detection System ThB4-3

Ming Xiang, Chongzhao Han, Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

2 - Effective Simplified Decentralized Target Detection in Multisensor Systems ThB4-9

Victor S. Chernyak, Scientific Research Institute of Radio Device Engineering, Moscow,

Russia

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3 - Unified Fusion Rule in Multisensor Network Decision Systems ThB4-16

Yunmin Zhu, Department of Mathematics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

X. Rong Li, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA

Zhisheng You, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

4 - Detection Fusion Under Dependence ThB4-24

Peter K. Willett, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

Peter Swaszek, University of Rhode Island, RI, USA

Rick Blum, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA

Invited Session ThB5: Data Fusion Systems Evaluation and Test-BedsChair: Uri Degen, Advanced Technology Ltd., IsraelCo-Chair: Victor Remez, Advanced Technology Ltd., Israel

1 - On Measures of Performance to Assess Sensor Fusion Effectiveness ThB5-3

A. Theil, L.J.H.M. Kester, TNO - Physics and Elec. Lab., The Hague, Netherlands

Eloi Bosse, Defense Research Establishment Valcartier, Val-Belair, Quebec, Canada

2 - Empirical Evaluation of Multi-Radar Tracking Systems ThB5-8

Ari J. Joki, Jouko Saikkonen, Finnish Air Force Headquarters, Tikkakoski, Finland

3 - A Test Bed for Sensor Suite and Multi Sensor Tracking Algorithms Studies ThB5-15

Uri Degen, Victor Remez, Advanced Technology Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel

4 - Refinement of Targets Situation Picture Quality Evaluation Methodology ThB5-20

Leonid Shvartser, Victor Remez, Advanced Technology Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel

Session ThC2: Target Tracking and IdentificationChair: Subhash Challa, University of Melbourne, AustraliaCo-Chair: Christian Musso, ONERA, Chatillon, France

1 - Target Tracking and Identification Issues when Using Real Data ThC2-3

Elisa Shahbazian, Rodney Hallsworth, Daniel Turgeon, Lockheed Martin Canada

2 - Target Recognition Using Fuzzy Fusion Classifier ThC2-9

Pingkui Hou, Xuejun Wang, Xizhi Shi, Shanghai JiaoTong Univ. Shanghai, China

Liangji Lin, Mingzhi Zhang, Scientific Test and Control Techn. Inst., Dalian, China

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3 - A Constructive Bayesian Approach for Vehicle Monitoring ThC2-14

Y. Xiang, V. Lesser, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

4 - Target Tracking Incorporating Flight Envelope Information ThC2-22

Subhash Challa, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Niklas Bergman, Linkoping University, Sweden

Session ThC3: Security and Surveillance IIChair: Isabelle Bloch, ENST Paris, France

1- Dynamic Service Definition in the Future Mixed Surveillance Environment ThC3-3

Christos M. Rekkas, Jean-Marc Duflot, Pieter Van der Kraan, Eurocontrol, Brussels,

Belgium

Jean-Claude Rassou, Thomson-CSF/ISR, Massy, France

2 - Sensor Modeling and Data Processing for Airport Simulation ThC3-9

Antonello Pasquarelli, Alenia Marconi Systems, Rome, Italy

Andrea Corsini, Andrea Garzelli, University of Siena, Italy

3 - Characterization of Mine Detection Sensors in Terms of Belief Functions and their

Fusion, First Results ThC3-15

Nada Milisavljevi^, Royal Military Brussels, Belgium and ENST Paris, France

Isabelle Bloch, ENST, Paris, France

Marc Acheroy, Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium

Session ThC4: Target DetectionChair: Chongzhao Han, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, ChinaCo-Chair : Alexander Tartakovsky, University of Southern California, USA

1 - Entropy Based Optimization for Binary detection Networks ThC4-3

Denis Pomorski, Univ. des Sciences et Techn. Lille I, Villeneuve dAscq, France

2 - Implementation of Hough Transform as Track Detector ThC4-l 1

Kiril Alexiev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

3 - Sequential Testing of Multiple Hypotheses in Distributed Systems ThC4-17

Alexander Tartakovsky, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

X. Rong Li, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA

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4 - Global Optimization for Distributed Detection System under the Constraint of

Likelihood Ratio Quantizers ThC4-25

Ming Xiang, Chongzhao Han, Jiaotong University, Xi 'an, China

Session ThC5: RecognitionChair: Andre Ayoun, Thomson-CSF/ISR, Massy, FranceCo-Chair: Michel Prenat, Thomson-CSF Optronique, Guyancourt, France

1 - Model Generation and Cooperation in On-Line Omni-Writer Handwritting Recognition ThC5-3

Lionel Prevost, Stephane Gentric, Maurice Milgram, Univ. Paris VI, Paris, France

2 - Multiple Expert System Design by Combined Feature Selection and Probability Level

Fusion ThC5-9

FuadM. Alkoot, J. Kittler, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

3 - An Entropy Method For Multisource Data Fusion ThC5-17

Bienvenu Fassinut-Mombot, Jean-Bernard Choquel, Universite du Littoral Cote d'Opale,

Calais, France

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