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A central problem in Harbour Protection situation assessment is the rapid acquisition and interpretation of information from multiple potentially disparate sources. A perceptual reasoning system paradigm framework is presented as a candidate toward the solution of the problem. The perceptual reasoning system is shown to be a natural governing mechanism for adaptive interacting control of information fusion, the use and update of prior knowledge bases, the generation of anticipation/prediction hypotheses, reinforcement learning and the timely management of uncertainty in situation assessment. The constructs and interaction among elements of the perceptual reasoning system are described. A conceptual data fusion/situation assessment system architecture based on the perceptual reasoning system paradigm is illustrated for harbour protection situation awareness using information from distributed C4ISR and local sensor systems, contextual, a priori and anticipatory information for enhanced target detection, localization, tracking and identification. Concepts are discussed for applying the candidate system to facets of the harbour protection problem as a means to enhance timely maritime domain awareness.
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Kadar, I. (2009). Perceptual Reasoning Managed Situation Assessment for Harbour Protection. In: Shahbazian, E., Rogova, G., DeWeert, M.J. (eds) Harbour Protection Through Data Fusion Technologies. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8883-4_18
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