Combat Air Identification Fusion Algorithm (CAIFA)

C. Allen Butler; Joni E. Baker; John A. Crowe; David P. Kierstead; Carl A. Mauro

doi:10.1117/12.487115

1 April 2003 Combat Air Identification Fusion Algorithm (CAIFA)

C. Allen Butler, Joni E. Baker, John A. Crowe, David P. Kierstead, Carl A. Mauro

Proceedings Volume 5099, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2003; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487115
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The Combat Air Identification Fusion Algorithm (CAIFA), developed by Daniel H. Wagner, Associates, is a prototype, inferential reasoning algorithm for air combat identification. Bayesian reasoning and updating techniques are used in CAIFA to fuse multi-source identification evidence to provide identity estimates-allegiance, nationality, platform type, and intent-of detected airborne objects in the air battle space, enabling positive and rapid Combat Identification (CID) decisions. CAIFA was developed for the Composite Combat Identification (CCID) project under the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Missile Defense (MD) Future Naval Capability (FNC) program. CAIFA processes identification (ID) attribute evidence generated by surveillance sensors and other information sources over time by updating the identity estimate for each target using Bayesian inference. CAIFA exploits the conditional interdependencies of attribute variables by constructing a context-dependent Bayesian Network (BN). This formulation offers a well-established, consistent approach for evidential reasoning, renders manageable the potentially large CID state space, and provides a flexible and extensible representation to accommodate requirements for model reconfiguration/restructuring. CAIFA enables reasoning across and at different levels of the Air Space Taxonomy.

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C. Allen Butler, Joni E. Baker, John A. Crowe, David P. Kierstead, and Carl A. Mauro "Combat Air Identification Fusion Algorithm (CAIFA)", Proc. SPIE 5099, Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion: Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 2003, (1 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487115

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