Distributed Data Fusion for Network-Centric Operations

15	Test and Evaluation of Distributed Data and Information Fusion Systems and Processes James Llinas, Christopher Bowman and Kedar Sambhoos

CONTENTS

15.1  Brief Remarks on Abstract Concepts Related to Test and Evaluation

15.2  Understanding Distributed Fusion System Concepts and Implications for Test and Evaluation

15.2.1  Implications for Test and Evaluation

15.2.2  Measures and Metrics in the Network Value Chain

15.2.3  Fusion Estimates and Truth States

15.2.4  Notion of a Performance Evaluation Tree

15.2.5  Complexities in Error Audit Trails

15.2.6  Formal Experimental Design and Statistical Analyses

15.3  Summarizing Impacts to and Strategies for Distributed Fusion System T&E

15.4  Remarks from a DDIFS Use Case

15.5  Summary and Conclusions ...