?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Expressing+Bayesian+Fusion+as+a+Product+of+Distributions%3A+Application+in+Robotics&rft.creator=Pradalier%2C+C&rft.creator=Colas%2C+F&rft.creator=Bessiere%2C+P&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=More+and+more+fields+of+applied+computer%0Ascience+involve+fusion+of+multiple+data+sources%2C+such+as+sensor%0Areadings+or+model+decision.+However+incompleteness+of+the%0Amodels+prevent+the+programmer+from+having+an+absolute%0Aprecision+over+their+variables.+Therefore+bayesian+framework%0Acan+be+adequate+for+such+a+process+as+it+allows+handling+of%0Auncertainty.We+will+be+interested+in+the+ability+to+express+any%0Afusion+process+as+a+product%2C+for+it+can+lead+to+reduction+of%0Acomplexity+in+time+and+space.+We+study+in+this+paper+various%0Afusion+schemes+and+propose+to+add+a+consistency+variable+to%0Ajustify+the+use+of+a+product+to+compute+distribution+over+the%0Afused+variable.+We+will+then+show+application+of+this+new%0Afusion+process+to+localization+of+a+mobile+robot+and+obstacle%0Aavoidance.&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3759%2F1%2FPradalier03b.pdf&rft.identifier=++Pradalier%2C+C+and+Colas%2C+F+and+Bessiere%2C+P++(2003)+Expressing+Bayesian+Fusion+as+a+Product+of+Distributions%3A+Application+in+Robotics.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3759%2F