4. Conclusion

Many new fusion applications are currently being developed at : the preferred fields are the environment, medical diagnostics and patient monitoring, and public transport monitoring. Major developments are also to be expected in the field of man-machine systems; indeed, beyond 4 sources of information, man is no longer capable of integrating the information, and intelligent assistance is then required.

The intersection of fusion with the disciplines of automation: control theory (identification, modeling), supervision of the fusion process by feedback at different...