paul snow bznggheoverizonnet call papers special issue _information fusion_ competing fusion methods realworld performances submission deadline november 30 2007 submission procedures httpperceptioninrialpesfrpeoplecuzzolinfilesifjcfpcfmfinalpdf special issue consider submissions report realworld experiences two distinct approaches information fusion problem tested compared many competing methods fusion example bayesian statistical frequentist kalman fliters dempstershafer heuristic like templates cluster analysis voting systems knowledgebased fuzzy logic rulebased representations methods vary among along several dimensions generality computational cost many specific type assumptions required whether assumptions pertain particular problem hand often happens distinct theoretical approaches yield nearly identical conclusions equally plausible different conclusions also happen hybrid systems combine several approaches might outperform systems based solely purebred approaches represented hybrid example hybrid could involve hierarchical fuser sensors combine bayes sensors dempstershafer two sensorgroups reconciled heuristically invite manuscripts neither previously published presented anywhere else moreorless similar form manuscripts clearly present full description realworld informationfusion problem competing methods applied description methods chosen trial including specializations general methods needed particular application avoiding tutoriallike presentations well known methods dimensions performance studied time requirements reliability inference user understanding results like additional information contributed analysis like theoretical considerations experiences others literature methods results testing conclusions drawn including choice method combination methods ultimately fielded emphasis possible new insights presented approaches gained comparison _information fusion_ international journal multisensor multisource information fusion published elsevier editorinchief belur v dasarathy ph fieee dwzspdgmailcom httpbelurnoipcom guest editors special issue fabio cuzzolin inria seyhtztbeoophinrialpesfr paul snow jcmbqxtxtgmailcom thu 07 aug 2008 222102 0400 uai cfp _information fusion_ elsevier special issue