Evidential network for multi-sensor fusion in an uncertain environment

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Villeneuve, Eric

and Pérès, François

and Béler, Cédrick

and

Gonzales-Prida, Vicente Evidential network for multi-sensor fusion

in an uncertain environment. (2015) In: Sensordevices International

Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications 2015,

August 2015 (Venise, Italy).

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