This paper describes a new mathematical programming approach to sequential decision problems that have an underlying decision tree structure. The approach, based upon a characterization of strategies as extreme points of a 0-1 polytope called the 'decision tree polytope', is particularly suited to t
Sequential decision fusion: theory and applications
β Scribed by Venugopal V. Veeravalli
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 187 KB
- Volume
- 336
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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β¦ Synopsis
A decision fusion problem is considered in which each one of a set of sensors receives a sequence of observations about the state of the system. The observations are quantized at each time step and sent to the fusion center where a binary decision is to be made at a stopping time. Applications of this problem setting are discussed and techniques for finding optimal solutions are presented.
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