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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: DATA FUSION
Summary: Putting the pieces together.
Keywords: AI, Expert Systems, Radar, Sonar, Insight, Theory Construction
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Date: 24 Sep 89 12:45:35 GMT
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In article <1882@csm9a.UUCP> fhadsell@csm9a.UUCP ( GP) writes:

 > I have received a flyer concerning a course by Llinas & Hall on Data
 > Fusion.  As I read it the flyer doesn't say what Data Fusion is.  Would
 > you please enlighten me?

You are sitting at a large table, assembling a giant jigsaw puzzle.
The pieces are arriving in random order.  Some pieces are damaged or
distorted.  Some pieces never arrive.  Some pieces are bogus.

Your job is to assemble the pieces into a finished jigsaw puzzle
and see the big picture.  You will have to imagine, interpolate,
edit, and theorize to fill in the blanks.  You will have to
to use deductive and inductive reasoning, inferential reasoning,
combinatorial logic, analogical and model-based reasoning, and
diagnostic reasoning to accomplish your task.

That is Data Fusion.

--Barry Kort