MULTISENSOR DATA FUSION

Multisensor data fusion refers to the acquisition, processing and syne rgistic combination of information gathered by various knowledge sourc es and sensors to provide a better understanding of a phenomenon. It i s a fascinating and rapidly evolving field that has generated a lot of excitement in the research and development community. These concepts are being applied to a wide variety of fields such as military command and control, robotics, image processing, air traffic control, medical diagnostics, pattern recognition and environmental monitoring. This p aper presents a brief overview of the field and illustrates its potent ial by means of two examples.