A Novel Method of Disposing Conflict Evidence in Information Fusion

Abstract:

To solve the problem of conflict confidence in D-S evidence theory, this paper proposed a new method. First a distance function was introduced, then the supporting degree of the evidence by other evidences was calculated, and the BPAs of the evidences were modified by the supporting degree using fuzzy inference theory, and the modified evidences were fused by D-S combination rules. Experiment result showed the effectiveness of the method.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 303-306)
• Pages: 900-903
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.303-306.900
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Bo Chen, Chuan Bao Jia, Ji Cai Feng
• Keywords: Conflict Evidence, Evidence Theory, Fuzzy Set, Information Fusion

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