THE SUBOPTIMALITY OF RANDOMIZED-TESTS IN DISTRIBUTED AND QUANTIZED DETECTION SYSTEMS

被引:44
作者
WILLETT, P [1 ]
WARREN, D [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT ELECT ENGN & COMP SCI,M-C 154,CHICAGO,IL 60680
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
DECENTRALIZED DETECTION; QUANTIZATION; RANDOMIZATION; DATA FUSION;
D O I
10.1109/18.119692
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
The design of decentralized (or quantized) detection systems requires simultaneous optimization of quantizer mappings and ultimate fusion rule. It is shown that if the likelihood ratios of the unquantized (or raw) observations are independent and contain no point-masses of probability, the optimal test does not randomize; this is so despite the fact that the data to be fused can be considered discrete. The result is a considerable simplification in the design search.
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页码:355 / 361
页数:7
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