One decade of the Data Fusion Information Group (DFIG) model

Erik Blasch

doi:10.1117/12.2176934

27 May 2015 One decade of the Data Fusion Information Group (DFIG) model

Erik Blasch

Proceedings Volume 9499, Next-Generation Analyst III; 94990L (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176934
Event: SPIE Sensing Technology + Applications, 2015, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The revision of the Joint Directors of the Laboratories (JDL) Information Fusion model in 2004 discussed information processing, incorporated the analyst, and was coined the Data Fusion Information Group (DFIG) model. Since that time, developments in information technology (e.g., cloud computing, applications, and multimedia) have altered the role of the analyst. Data production has outpaced the analyst; however the analyst still has the role of data refinement and information reporting. In this paper, we highlight three examples being addressed by the DFIG model. One example is the role of the analyst to provide semantic queries (through an ontology) so that vast amount of data available can be indexed, accessed, retrieved, and processed. The second idea is reporting which requires the analyst to collect the data into a condensed and meaningful form through information management. The last example is the interpretation of the resolved information from data that must include contextual information not inherent in the data itself. Through a literature review, the DFIG developments in the last decade demonstrate the usability of the DFIG model to bring together the user (analyst or operator) and the machine (information fusion or manager) in a systems design.

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Erik Blasch "One decade of the Data Fusion Information Group (DFIG) model", Proc. SPIE 9499, Next-Generation Analyst III, 94990L (27 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176934

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