Can addition of noise improve distributed detection performance?

Hao Chen; Pramod K. Varshney; James H. Michels; Steven M. Kay

doi:10.1109/ICIF.2006.301694

Can addition of noise improve distributed detection performance?

Hao Chen, Pramod K. Varshney, James H. Michels, Steven M. Kay

Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

Stochastic resonance (SR), a nonlinear physical phenomenon in which the performance of some nonlinear systems can be enhanced by adding suitable noise, has been observed and applied in many areas. However, it has not been shown whether or not this phenomenon plays a role in distributed detection. It seems counterintuitive that adding additional noise to the received decisions at the fusion center can improve detection performance. However, in this paper, we demonstrate the existence of the SR phenomenon in decision fusion by examples. An explanation for its existence is provided.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIF.2006.301694
State	Published - 2006
Event	2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION - Florence, Italy Duration: Jul 10 2006 → Jul 13 2006

Publication series

Name	2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION

Other

Other	2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	7/10/06 → 7/13/06

Keywords

Decision fusion
Distributed detection
Stochastic resonance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Information Systems

Access to Document

10.1109/ICIF.2006.301694

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Chen, H, Varshney, PK, Michels, JH & Kay, SM 2006, Can addition of noise improve distributed detection performance? in 2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION., 4085980, 2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION, 2006 9th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION, Florence, Italy, 7/10/06. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIF.2006.301694

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