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Table 2 Fusion results with different combination rules

From: Conflict management based on belief function entropy in sensor fusion

Combination rule

Fusion results

 

\(\left\{ {m_1,m_2} \right\}\)

\(\left\{ {m_1,m_2,m_3} \right\}\)

\(\left\{ {m_1,m_2,m_3,m_4} \right\}\)

\(\left\{ {m_1,m_2,m_3,m_4,m_5} \right\}\)

Dempster

m(A) = 0

m(A) = 0

m(A) = 0

m(A) = 0

m(B) = 0.8969

m(B) = 0.6575

m(B) = 0.3321

m(B) = 0.1422

m(C) = 0.1031

m(C) = 0.3425

m(C) = 0.6679

m(C) = 0.8578

Yager

m(A) = 0

m(A) = 0.4112

m(A) = 0.6508

m(A) = 0.7732

m(B) = 0.2610

m(B) = 0.0679

m(B) = 0.0330

m(B) = 0.0167

m(C) = 0.0300

m(C) = 0.0105

m(C) = 0.0037

m(C) = 0.0011

m(AC) = 0

m(AC) = 0.2481

m(AC) = 0.1786

m(AC) = 0.0938

\(m(\Theta )=0.7090\)

\(m(\Theta )=0.2622\)

\(m(\Theta )=0.1339\)

\(m(\Theta )=0.1152\)

Murphy

m(A) = 0.0964

m(A) = 0.4619

m(A) = 0.8362

m(A) = 0.9620

m(B) = 0.8119

m(B) = 0.4497

m(B) = 0.1147

m(B) = 0.0210

m(C) = 0.0917

m(C) = 0.0794

m(C) = 0.0410

m(C) = 0.0138

m(AC) = 0

m(AC) = 0.0090

m(AC) = 0.0081

m(AC) = 0.0032

Deng et al.

m(A) = 0.0964

m(A) = 0.4674

m(A) = 0.9089

m(A) = 0.9820

m(B) = 0.8119

m(B) = 0.4054

m(B) = 0.0444

m(B) = 0.0039

m(C) = 0.0917

m(C) = 0.0888

m(C) = 0.0379

m(C) = 0.0107

m(AC) = 0

m(AC) = 0.0084

m(AC) = 0.0089

m(AC) = 0.0034

Zhang et al.

m(A) = 0.0964

m(A) = 0.5681

m(A) = 0.9142

m(A) = 0.9820

m(B) = 0.8119

m(B) = 0.3319

m(B) = 0.0395

m(B) = 0.0034

m(C) = 0.0917

m(C) = 0.0929

m(C) = 0.0399

m(C) = 0.0115

m(AC) = 0

m(AC) = 0.0084

m(AC) = 0.0083

m(AC) = 0.0032

Proposed method

m(A) = 0.2849

m(A) = 0.8274

m(A) = 0.9596

m(A) = 0.9886

m(B) = 0.5306

m(B) = 0.0609

m(B) = 0.0032

m(B) = 0.0002

m(C) = 0.1845

m(C) = 0.0986

m(C) = 0.0267

m(C) = 0.0072

m(AC) = 0

m(AC) = 0.0131

m(AC) = 0.0106

m(AC) = 0.0039