Modern multitarget-multisensor tracking systems involve the development of reliable methods for the data association and the fusion of multiple sensor information, and more specifically the partioning of observations into tracks. This paper discusses and compares the application of Dempster-Shafer Theory (DST) and the Dezert-Smarandache Theory (DSmT) methods to the fusion of multiple sensor attributes for target identification purpose. We focus our attention on the paradoxical Blackman's association problem and propose several approaches to outperfom Blackman's solution. We clarify some preconceived ideas about the use of degree of conflict between sources as potential criterion for partitioning evidences.
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@article{arxiv.math/0309268,
title = {On the Blackman's Association Problem},
author = {Jean Dezert and Florentin Smarandache and Albena Tchamova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0309268},
year = {2007}
}
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16 pages. Presented to the Sixth International Conference on Information Fusion, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 8-11 July 2003