Definition
The subject of this book is multi − sensor data fusion which we define as “the theory, techniques and tools which are used for combining sensor data, or data derived from sensory data, into a common representational format”. In performing data fusion, our aim is to improve the quality of the information, so that it is, in some sense, better than would be possible if the data sources were used individually.
The above definition implies that the sensor data, or the data derived from the sensory data, consists of multiple measurements which have to be combined. The multiple measurements may, of course, be produced by multiple sensors. However, the definition also includes multiple measurements, produced at different time instants, by a single sensor.
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Mitchell, H.B. (2012). Introduction. In: Data Fusion: Concepts and Ideas. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27222-6_1
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