
3.2 Network Structures for Distributed Situation Assessment 71
Network Structures for Distributed Situation
Assessment
ROBERT WESSON, FREDERICK HAYES-ROTH, JOHN W. BÜRGE, CATHLEEN STASZ,
AND
CARL A. SUNSHINE
Abstract—A new approach to situation assessment is an automated
distributed sensor network (DSN) consisting of many 'intelligent" sensor
devices that can pool their knowledge to achieve an accurate overall
assessment of a situation. Laboratory experiments were conducted to
investigate potential DSN organizations and to ascertain some general
design principles. These experiments have been performed with a network
of "sensor nodes," each