Sensor fusion for bimodal generalized likelihood ratio test with unknown noise variances

Abstract: In this paper we address the problem of sensor fusion. We formulate the joint detection problem using a general linear observation model and inter-modality independence assumption for noises. We derive the fusion architecture based on the generalized likelihood ratio principle and calculate the expressions for the distributions of the test statistic under the signal present and the null hypotheses. To obtain these results we develop a methodology for the joint detection algorithm analysis based on the theory of the Meijer G-function.