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On Distributed Detection with Correlated Local Detectors
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On Distributed Detection with Correlated Local Detectors

Moshe Kam, Qiang Zhu and W. Steven Gray
1991 American Control Conference, v 3, pp 2174-2175
Jun 1991

Abstract

Bayesian methods Communication channels Costs Detectors Digital-to-frequency converters Probability density function Random variables Sensor fusion Sensor systems Zinc
Recently, Chair and Varshney have solved the data fusion problem for n fixed binary local detectors with statistically independent decisions. We generalize their solution by using the Bahadur-Lazarfeld expansion of probability density functions. The optimal data fusion rule is developed for correlated local binary decisions, in terms of the conditional correlation coefficients of order 1, 2, ..., n. We show that when all these coefficients are zero, the rule coincides with the original Chair-Varshney design.

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