Accession Number:

ADA455903

Title:

Achieving "Fairness" in Data Fusion Performance Evaluation Development

Descriptive Note:

Final rept., 1 Jan 2003-30 Apr 2006

Corporate Author:

CALSPAN UB RESEARCH CENTER BUFFALO NY

Personal Author(s):

• Llinas, James
• Dastidar, Satyaki G.
• Bowman, Christopher
• Sambhoos, Kedar

Report Date:

2006-04-30

Pagination or Media Count:

117.0

Abstract:

The key issue for an evaluation TE organization is how to affordably achieve fairness in the application of its PE systems. Our PE framework provides a methodology to accomplish this viz., the DNN Data Fusion Resource Management DFRM framework provides the hierarchical PE components for PE solution space and a methodology for mapping PE solution space into various PE problem spaces. The scope of this fairness study for performance evaluation of data fusion DF systems is to define a philosophy of fairness that is defendable as a basis for developing a PE system. Sample PE system MoEs need to be defined to understand the PE problem space, PE solution space and the PE problem-to-solution space mapping i.e., the rules to map the alternative PE system design solutions to the needed Fair PE capability. Implicitly, we are seeking design guidelines for a best PE that balances affordability with fairness as defined above. The first technical contribution of this report is in the reusable and extendable PE solution framework within which all applications-layer approaches to PE known to the authors can be expressed. As such, this PE framework exposes PE system design alternatives to the PE system developer and provides a common framework within which alternative PE systems can be compared.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY OPERATIONS
• *PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• *DATA FUSION
• METHODOLOGY
• MEASURES OF EFFECTIVENESS
• CHARTS
• EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
• RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Subject Categories:

• Information Science
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE