Patent 8260052 was granted and assigned to Raytheon on September, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The technology described herein includes a system and/or a method for identifying an object. The technology includes determining an alpha parameter that is associated with a fusion function. The technology includes determining a beta parameter that is associated with a degree of expected independence of a received set of data and the received set of data including information associated with a classification of the object. The technology includes fusing the received set of data based on the alpha parameter and the beta parameter. The technology includes generating a probability of identification of the classification of the object based on the fused data.