Affiliations: Automatics Department, "A. Vlaicu" University, 77
Revolutiei Blvd. Arad, Romania | Computer Science Department, Glendon College, York
University, 2275 Bayview Ave., Toronto, ON, Canada | Department of Medical Informatics, "C. Davila"
University of Medicine, 8 Eroii Sanitari Blvd., Bucharest, Romania
Abstract: After receiving a piece of evidence Π,
intelligent agents adapt their belief state. Knowing the belief state of
several sensor agents, a fusion agent forms its own belief state. A belief
state (old or new) is characterized by numbers μ(A) attached to subsets A of
the universe of worlds. (Usually μ(A) is interpreted as that part of the belief of
an agent in the sentence "the actual world belongs to A"
and not in any sentence "the actual world belongs to a strict subset of
A".) In this paper we study how fusion agents treat changes
of belief state of sensors. Two kinds of fusion are considered: the averaging
by convex combination, and Dempster type conjunctive rules of combination. We
establish that there is no coherent treatment, at the fusion agents' level,
that is compatible with both kinds of fusion. To deal with better detection, a
mixed structure involving intermediate supervision agents is proposed.
