Ph. D. Dissertations:

• Extraction de connaissances et indexation de données multimédia pour la détection anticipée d'évènement indésirable, by Anas Dahbiah, Télécom Bretagne & Université Rennes 1, Brest, France, October 8th, 2010.

• Processing of information in C2 systems with application of Dezert-Smarandache Theory, by Ksawery Krenc, Military University of Technology (WAT), The Department of Electronics, Promotor: Prof. Adam Kawalec, Warsaw, Poland, 10 June 2010.

• Sensing, what matters ?, by W. Van Norden (CAMS -- Force Vision), Delft Techn. Univ., Netherlands, 16 February, 2010.

2009

Ph. D. Dissertations:

• Prise en compte de l'incertitude dans l'expertise des risques naturels en montagne par analyse multicritères et fusion d'information, by Jean-Marc Tacnet, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire SITE, France, November 26th, 2009.

• Cartographie de paramètres forestiers par fusion évidentielle de données géospatiales multi-sources: Application aux peuplements forestiers en regénération et feuillus matures du sud du Québec, by Brice Mora, Sherbrooke Univ., Canada, March 5th, 2009.

M. Sc. Thesis:

• Développement de modèles de fusion et de classification contextuelle d’images satellitaires par la théorie de l’évidence et la théorie du raisonnement plausible et paradoxal, by Nassim ABBAS,  University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), BP. 32, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria,  05 March 2009.

2008

• General Combination Rules for Qualitative and Quantitative Beliefs, by Arnaud Martin, Christophe Osswald, Jean Dezert, Florentin Smarandache, Journal of Advances in Information Fusion (JAIF), Volume 3, Number 2, pp. 67-89, December 2008.

• An Approach to Model Interest for Planetary Rover through Dezert–Smarandache Theory, by M. Ceriotti, M. Vasile, Ma Massari, G. Giardini, J. of Aerospace Computing, Inf. and Communications, Vol. 5, 2008.

• Comments on <A new combination of evidence based on compromise> by K. Yamada, in Fuzzy Sets and Systems, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online, 2 October 2008, by Jean Dezert, Arnaud Martin, and Florentin Smarandache.

• Multimodal Medical Case Retrieval using Dezert-Smarandache Theory with a priori knowledge, by G. Quellec, M. Lamard, G. Cazuguel, B. Cochener, C. Roux (submitted to a conference in November 2008), http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00331198/en/.

• DSmT qualitative reasoning based on 2-Tuple linguistic representation model, by Xinde Li, Xianzhong Dai, Jean Dezert, Florentin Smarandache, to appear in Proceedings of 9th International Conference for Young Computer Scientists (ICYCS 2008), Zhang Jia Jie, Hunan, China, November 18-21, 2008 (paper ID 320); http://www.csu.edu.cn/ICYCS2008/ICYCS08WebsiteEnglish/index.htm.

• A New Class Fusion Rule for solving Blackman's Association Problem, by Albena Tchamova, Jean Dezert and Florentin Smarandache,  Proceedings of 4th International IEEE Conference "Intelligent Systems", pp. 8-23 to 8-28, September 6-8, 2008, Varna, Bulgaria.

• Multimodal Medical Case Retrieval using Dezert-Smarandache Theory, by G. Quellec, M. Lamard, G. Cazuguel, C. Roux , B. Cochener, in Proceedings of the 30^th  Annual International IEEE EMBS Conference, Vancouver, Canada, August 20-24, 2008. http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00331184/en/.

• A New Probabilistic Transformation of Belief Mass Assignment (DSmP), by J. Dezert & F. Smarandache (co-chairs of the special session “Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion”), Fusion 2008 International Conference, June 30-July 3, 2008, Cologne, Germany.

• Combining System and User Belief on Classification Using the DSmT Combination Rule, by Willem van Norden, Fusion 2008 International Conference, June 30-July 3, 2008, Cologne, Germany.

• An Evaluation of the Attribute Information for the Purpose of DSmT Fusion in C&C Systems, by Ksawery Krenc, Adam Kawalec, Fusion 2008 International Conference, June 30-July 3, 2008, Cologne, Germany.

• Multiple Cameras Fusion Based on DSmT for Tracking Objects on Ground Plane, by Esteban Garcia, Leopoldo Altamirano, Fusion 2008 International Conference, June 30-July 3, 2008, Cologne, Germany.

• Discrete Labels and Rich Foci in Theory of Evidence, by Christophe Osswald, Arnaud Martin, Fusion 2008 International Conference, June 30-July 3, 2008, Cologne, Germany.

• Target Type Tracking with a New Probabilistic Belief Transformation, by J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, A. Tchamova, P. Konstantinova, in the third volume of DSmT, 2008.

• Unification of Evidence Theoretic Fusion Algorithms: A Case Study in Level-2 and Level-3 Fingerprint Features, by M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, in IEEE Transaction on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - A , 2008 (in Press).

• Multimodal Medical Case retrieval using Bayesian networks and the Dezert-Smarandache Theory, by G. Quellec, M. Lamard, L. Bekri, G. Cazuguel, C. Roux, B. Cochener, in the Fifth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI '08), Paris, France, June 14-17, 2008, http://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00331189/en/.

• Multimodal Information Retrieval based on Bayesian networks and the Dezert-Smarandache Theory. Application to Medical Image Databases, by G. Quellec, M. Lamard, G. Cazuguel, B. Cochener, C. Roux (submitted summer 2008).

• System and method for combining diagnostic evidences for turbine engine fault detection, by V. Guralnik, D. Mylaraswamy, H.C. Voges, U. S. Patent 7337086, Honeywell Int. Inc., Feb, 2008.
  http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7337086/claims.html .

• Improvement of Multiple Ground Targets Tracking with GMTI Sensor and Fusion of Identification Attributes, by Benjamin Pannetier, Jean Dezert, Evangeline Pollard, Aeroconf 2008, March 1-9, 2008, Big Sky, MT, USA.
  http://www.aeroconf.org/ .

• Transformations of belief masses into subjective probabilities, by Jean Dezert, Florentin Smarandache, in DSmT Book Vol. 3, 2009.

M. Sc. Thesis:

• Fusion d'informations dans un cadre de raisonnement de Dezert-Smarandache appliquée sur des rapports de capteurs ESM sous le STANAG 1241, by Pascal Djiknavorian, Laboratoire de Radiocommunication et de Traitement du Signal, Laval University, Canada, September 19, 2008.

Ph. D. Dissertations:

• Quality Induced Secure Multiclassifier Fingerprint Verification using Extended Feature Set, by Mayank Vatsa, Computer Sciences Dept., West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA, Nov. 2008.

• Indexation et fusion multimodale pour la recherche d'information par le contenu. Application aux bases de données d'images médicales, by G. Quellec, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications de Bretagne, Brest, France, September 19^th, 2008.

2007

• A Sequential Monte-Carlo and DSmT Based Approach for Conflict Handling in Case of Multiple Targets Tracking, by Y Sun, L Bentabet, in Lectures Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer Verlag,  2007; http://www.springerlink.com/content/0gx751g745411n83/

• Inverse Problem in DSmT and Its Applications in Trust Management, by Wang, Jin,  Sun, Huaijiang , in The First International Symposium on Data, Privacy, and E-Commerce, 2007; ISDPE 2007, 1-3 Nov. 2007; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4402725

• An Introduction to the DSm Theory for the Combination of Paradoxical, Uncertain and Imprecise Sources of Information, by F. Smarandache, J. Dezert, in Octogon Mathematical Magazine, Braşov, Romania, pp. 681-722, Vol. 15, No. 2, October 2007.

• Empirical analysis of generalized uncertainty measures with Dempster Shafer fusion, by Pong, Peter,    Subhash Challa, in Int. Conf. on Information Fusion 2007, July 2007, Québec; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4408163

• Decision Level Multiple Cameras Fusion Using Dezert-Smarandache Theory, by E. Garcia, L. Altamirano, in Lectures Notes in Computer Sciences, Springer Verlag 2007; http://www.springerlink.com/content/q76n1611455j8037/

• Toward a combination rule to deal with partial conflict and specificity in belief functions theory, by A. Martin, and C. Osswald, in 10th International Conference on Information Fusion, 2007, Québec City, July 2007; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4408007

• Analyzing the combination of conflicting belief functions, by Philippe Smets, in Information Fusion, Volume 8, Issue 4, October 2007, pages 387-412.

• Integrated Multilevel Image Fusion and Match Score Fusion of Visible and Infrared Face Images for 
  Robust Face Recognition, by R. Singh, M. Vatsa, and A. Noore, Pattern Recognition - Special Issue on Multimodal Biometrics, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 880 - 893, 2008; online at: http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~richas/papers/GSVM-DSm.pdf .

• Quality-Augmented Fusion of Level-2 and Level-3 Fingerprint Information using DSm Theory, by M. Vatsa, R. Singh, A. Noore, and M. Houck, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 2007 (accepted); http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~richas/papers/DSm-JAR.pdf .

• Unification of Evidence Theoretic Fusion Algorithms: A Case Study in Level-2 and Level-3 Fingerprint Features, by M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore,  Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2007; 
  http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~richas/papers/Unification-BTAS.pdf .

• Classical Belief Conditioning and its Generalization to DSm Theory, by Milan Daniel, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, San Luis Obispo, California Polytechnic State University, USA, edited by Lee, T., Liu, Y., Zhao, X., pp 596-603, 2007.
• Reasoning under uncertainty: from Bayesian to Valuation Based Systems. Application to target classification and threat evaluation, book by A. Benavoli, L. Chisci, B. Ristic, A. Farina, A. Graziano; Università degli Studi di Firenze, Selex / Sistemi Integrati, Italy, September 2007.
• La Teoria di Dezert-Smarandache [in Italian], book chapter in "Il vero e il plausibile", by Emiliano Ippoliti, Morrisville, USA, 2007.
• Application of probabilistic PCR5 Fusion Rule for Multisensor Target Tracking, by Alois Kirchner, Frederic Dambreville, Francis Celeste, Jean Dezert, Florentin Smarandache, Proceedings of the 10^th International Conference on Information Fusion (on CD), Quebec City, Canada, 9-12 July 2007.
• Qualitative Belief Conditioning Rules (QBCR), by Florentin Smarandache, Jean Dezert, Proceedings of Fusion 2007 International Conference, Québec City, Canada, July 2007.
• Enrichment of Qualitative Beliefs for Reasoning under Uncertainty, by Xinde Li, Xinhan Huang, Florentin Smarandache, Jean Dezert, Proceedings of the 10^th International Conference on Information Fusion (on CD), Québec City, Canada, 9-12 July 2007.
• Analysis of Information Fusion Combining Rules under the DSm Theory using ESM Inputs, by Pascal Djiknavorian, Dominic Grenier, Pierre Valin, Fusion 2007 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, Québec City, July 2007.

Ph. D. Dissertation:

• Combinaison d’informations hétérogènes dans le cadre unificateur des ensembles aléatoires : Approximations et robustesse, by Mihai Cristian Florea, Université Laval, Québec City, Canada, 13 July 2007.

2006

• Improvement of Land Cover Map from Satellite Imagery using DST and DSmT, by R. Khedam, A. Bouakache, G. Mercier, A. Belhadj-Aissa, Image Processing and Radiation Laboratory, Faculty of Electronic and Computer Science, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, (USTHB). BP. 32, El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, 16111, Algiers, Algeria;
  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1684400

• Understanding the large family of Dempster-Shafer theory's fusion operators-a decision-based measure, by C Osswald, A Martin - 9th international conference on information fusion, Florence, 2006.

• Sonar Grid Map Building of Mobile Robots Based on DSmT, by Xinde Li, Xinhan Huang, Min Wang Information Technology Journal, Vol. 5, no 2, pp. 267-272, 2006;
  http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=abstract&id=180895

• Introduction to the Fusion of Quantitative and Qualitative Beliefs, by J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, in "Information & Security / An International Journal", pp. 9-49, Vol. 20, 2006 [the whole volume of this journal was dedicated to DSmT].

• Generalization of the Classic Combination Rules to DSm Hyper-Power Sets, by M. Daniel, in "Information & Security / An International Journal", pp. 50-64, Vol. 20, 2006.

• A New Class of Fusion Rules Based on T-Norm and T-Conorm Fuzzy Operators, by A. Tchamova, J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, in "Information & Security / An International Journal", pp. 65-82, Vol. 20, 2006.

• Ordered DSmT and Its Application to the Definition of Continuous DSm Models, by F. Dambreville, in "Information & Security / An International Journal", pp. 85-103, Vol. 20, 2006.

• Robot Map Building from Sonar Sensors and DSmT, by Xinde Li, Xinhan Huang, Min Wang, in "Information & Security / An International Journal", pp. 104-121, Vol. 20, 2006.

• Human Expert Fusion for Image Classification, by A. Martin, C. Osswald, in "Information & Security / An International Journal", pp. 122-143, Vol. 20, 2006.

• Fusion of Qualitative Beliefs using DSmT, by F. Smarandache, J. Dezert, in "Advances and Applications of DSmT for Plausible and Paradoxical Reasoning for Information Fusion", International
  Workshop organized by the Bulgarian IST Centre of Competence in 21st Century, December 14, 2006, Bulg. Acad. of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.

• Performance Evaluation of Tracking Algorithm Incorporating Attribute Data Processing via DSmT, by J. Dezert, A. Tchamova, L. Bojilov and P. Konstantinova, in "Advances and Applications of DSmT
  for Plausible and Paradoxical Reasoning for Information Fusion", International Workshop
  organized by the Bulgarian IST Centre of Competence in 21st Century, December 14, 2006, Bulg. Acad. of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.  

• Uniform and Partially Uniform Redistribution Rules, by Florentin Smarandache, Jean Dezert, in arXiv:cs/0702028, and in "Advances and Applications of DSmT for Plausible and Paradoxical reasoning for Information Fusion", International Workshop organized by the Bulgarian IST Centre of Competence in 21st Century, December 14, 2006, Bulg. Acad. of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.

• Target Type Tracking with PCR5 and Dempster's Rules: A Comparative Analysis, by Jean Dezert,  Albena Tchamova, Florentin Smarandache, Pavlina Konstantinova.  Fusion 2006 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, Firenze, Italy, July 2006.

• Selection of Sources as a Prerequesite for Information Fusion with Application to SLAM, by Xinde Li,  Jean Dezert, Xinhan Huang.  Fusion 2006 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, Firenze, Italy, July 2006.

• DSmT: A New Paradigm Shift for Information Fusion, by J. Dezert and F. Smarandache, Cogis ' 06 Conference, Paris, March 2006; http://www.see.asso.fr/cogis2006/pages/programme.htm.

• Adaptive combination rule and proportional conflict redistribution rule for information fusion, by M. C. Florea, J. Dezert, P. Valin, F. Smarandache, Anne-Laure Jousselme, Presented at Cogis '06 Conference, Paris, March 2006.; http://www.see.asso.fr/cogis2006/pages/programme.htm.

M. Sc. Thesis:

• Designing a Home Security System Using Sensor Data Fusion, by Arezou Moussavi, Islamic Azad University, Southern Unit, Tehran, Iran, September 2006.

2005

• Vagueness, a multifacet concept - a case study on Ambrosia artemisiifolia predictive cartography, by P. Maupin and A.-L. Jousselme, A.-L., in IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings,  20-24 Sept. 2004 Volume: 1;
  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1369036 .

• The Combination of Paradoxical, Uncertain, and Imprecise Sources of Information based on DSmT and Neutro-Fuzzy Inference, by Florentin Smarandache, Jean Dezert; in arXiv:cs/0412091v1. A version of this paper published in Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Fuzzy Theory and Technology (FT&T 2005), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

• Rapport Fusion de Données, Rapport Technique, by Marie-Lise Gagnon, Départ. de Génie Electrique et de Génie Informatique, Université Laval, Canada, November   2005.

• Proportional Conflict Redistribution Rules for Information Fusion, by Florentin Smarandache, Jean Dezert, in arXiv:cs/0408064, and in  Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Fusion, Philadelphia, 25-29 July, 2005.

• Performance Evaluation of Fusion Rules For Multitarget Tracking in Clutter Based on Generalized Data Association, by J. Dezert, A. Tchamova, T. Semerdjiev, and P. Konstantinova, Proceedings of Fusion 2005 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, Philadelphia, PA, USA, July 25-29, 2005.

• Example of Continuous Basic Belief Assignment in the DSmT Paradigm, by F. Dambreville, Proceedings of Fusion 2005 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, Philadelphia, PA, USA, July 25-29, 2005.

• A short overview on DSmT for Information Fusion, by J. Dezert and F. Smarandache, Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Fuzzy Theory and Technology (FT&T 2005), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, July 21-26, 2005.

• A Simple Proportional Conflict Redistribution Rule, by Florentin Smarandache, Jean Dezert, International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 3, No. J05, 1-36, 2005.

• To Be and Not to Be: An Introduction to Neutrosophy - A Novel Decision Paradigm, by F. Smarandache and S. Bhattacharya, Management Vision ­- New Perspectives, Institute of Business Management, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, Vol. 1, 27-37, March 2005.

2004

Papers from the special session: Applications and advances of plausible and paradoxical reasoning for data fusion, devoted on DSmT, published in the Proceedings of The 7th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2004, Clarion Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden, 28 June -1 July 2004.

• Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion, F. Smarandache and J. Dezert (editors), Am. Res. Press, Rehoboth, June 2004 (18 chapters, 418 pages).

• The Generalized Pignistic Transformation, by Jean Dezert, Florentin Smarandache, Milan Daniel, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information Fusion, International Society for Information Fusion, Stockholm, Sweden, 384-391, 2004.

• Target tracking with generalized data association based on the general DSm rule of combination, Albena Tchamova, Jean Dezert, Tzvetan Semerdjiev, Pavlina Konstantinova, Proc. of Fusion 2004 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, pp. 392-399, Stockholm, Sweden, June 28-July1, 2004 (http://www.fusion2004.org).

•  Neutrosophy in situation analysis, Anne-Laure Jousselme, Patrick Maupin, Proc. of Fusion 2004 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, pp. 400-406, Stockholm, Sweden, June 28-July1, 2004 (http://www.fusion2004.org).

• An Algorithm for Quasi-Associative and Quasi-Markovian Rules of Combination in Information Fusion, by Florentin Smarandache, Jean Dezert, arXiv:cs/0408021v2.

• Unification of Fusion Theories (UFT), F. Smarandache, International Journal of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Roorkee, India, Vol. 2, 1-14, 2004.

Ph. D. Dissertations:

• Modélisation prédictive de l’occupation des sols en contexte agricole intensif : application à la couverture hivernale des sols en Bretagne, Ph. D. Dissertation, by Samuel Corgne, Advisor: Laurence Hubert-Moy, Université de Rennes 2, France, 10 December 2004.

• Utility, Rationality and Beyond - From Behavioral Finance to Informational Finance, Ph. D. Dissertation, by Sukanto Bhattacharya, Bond University, Queensland, Australia, 2004.

2003

• Fondations pour une Nouvelle Théorie du Raisonnement Plausible et Paradoxal, J. Dezert, ONERA Tech. Report no. 1/06769 DTIM, January 2003 [in French].

• Fuzzy Logic, Neutrosophic Logic, and Applications, F. Smarandache & M. Khoshnevisan, 2003 BISC FLINT-CIBI International Joint Workshop on Soft Computing for Internet and Bioinformatics, University of California - Berkeley, December 15, 2003; to be published in a UC Berkeley journal; DSmT aroused the interest of Lotfi Zadeh.

Papers from the special session: Plausible and Paradoxical reasoning for information fusion devoted on DSmT published in the Proceedings of The 6th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2003, Radisson Hotel, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 8-11 July 2003, http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/DSmT2003.htm.

• On the Generation of the Hyper-powerset for the DSmT, by J. Dezert, F. Smarandache.

• Partial Ordering of Hyper-powersets and Matrix Representation of Belief Functions with DSmT, by J. Dezert, F. Smarandache.

• On the Blackman's Association Problem, by J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, A. Tchamova.

• Land Cover Change Prediction with a New Theory of Plausible and Paradoxical Reasoning, by S. Corgne, L. Hubert-Moy, J. Dezert, G. Mercier.

• Estimation of Target Behavior tendencies using Dezert-Smarandache Theory, by A. Tchamova, Tz. Semerdjiev, J. Dezert.

2002

• An introduction to the theory of plausible and paradoxical reasoning, Proceedings of NM &A 02, International Conference on Numerical methods and Applications, Springer Verlag Ed., Borovetz, Bulgaria, August 20-24, 2002, http://www.bas.bg/clpp/mmosi/partners/isdezert2909.pdf.

• Foundations for A New Theory of Plausible and Paradoxical Reasoning, Jean Dezert, in Information and Security Journal, An International Journal, Edited by Tzvetan Semerdjiev, CLPP, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sophia, Vol. 9, 2002, http://cms.isn.ch/public/docs/doc_762_259_en.pdf.

 2001

• Combination of Paradoxical Sources of Information within the Neutrosophic Framework, Jean Dezert, in Proceedings of the First Int. Conf. on Neutrosophics, Univ. of New Mexico, Gallup Campus, December 1-3, 2001, http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/NeutrosophicProceedings.pdf.

Seminars on DSmT

2012

• Nassim Abbas and Youcef Chibani, "SVM-DSmT Combination for O-Line Signature Verification". International Conference on Computer, Information and Telecommunication Systems: CITS'12, Amman, Jordan, May 13 - 16, 2012.
• Nassim Abbas, Youcef Chibani and Hassiba Nemmour, "Handwritten Digit Recognition Based On a DSmT-SVM Parallel Combination", The 13th International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition: ICFHR'12, Bari, Italy, September 18 - 20, 2012.

2011

• DSmT in Information Fusion, by J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, presented by F. Smarandache, Northwest Polytechnic University, Institute of Control and Information, Xi'an, China, December 27, 2011.
• Contradiction measures and specificity degrees of basic belief assignments, by Florentin Smarandache, Arnaud Martin, Christophe Osswald, 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 5-8, 2011.
• Edge Detection in Color Images Based on DSmT, by Jean Dezert, Zhun-ga Liu, Gregoire Mercier, 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 5-8, 2011.
• New Dissimilarity Measures in Evidence Theory, by Deqiang Han, Jean Dezert, Chongzhao Han, Yi Yang, 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 5-8, 2011.
• Application of Referee Functions to the Vehicle-Born Improvised Explosive Device Problem, by Frederic Dambreville, 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 5-8, 2011.
• Definition of bba and quality of fusion in C2 systems, by Ksawery Krenc, Adam Kawalec, Tadeusz Pietkiewicz, 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 5-8, 2011.
• Cautious OWA and Evidential Reasoning for Decision Making under Uncertainty, Jean-Marc Tacnet, Jean Dezert, 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 5-8, 2011.
• Change Detection from Remote Sensing Images Based on Evidential Reasoning, by Zhun-ga Liu1, Jean Dezert, Gregoire Mercier, Quan Pan1,Yong-mei Cheng, 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 5-8, 2011.
• Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion, by J. Dezert & F. Smarandache, presented by Florentin Smarandache, Institute of Atomic Physics, Măgurele, Romania, 26 May 2011; seminar organized by Dr. Marian Apostol.
• Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion, by J. Dezert & F. Smarandache, presented by Florentin Smarandache, Romanian Academy – Institute of Solid Mechanics and Commission of Acoustics, Bucharest, 25 May 2011.

2010

2009

• A Class of DSm Conditioning Rules, by F. Smarandache, M. Alford, COGIS 2009 International Conference, Paris, France, 16-18 November 2009.

• Tracking object's type changes with fuzzy based fusion rule, by A. Tchamova, J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, First International Conference on Modelling and Development of Intelligent Systems (MDIS 2009), October 22-25, 2009, Sibiu, Romania.

• Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion (third version)”, by F. Smarandache (co-author J. Dezert), Invited speaker at and sponsored by Air Force Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, USA, May 1^st, 2009.

• Extension of Inagaki General Weighted Operators and A New Fusion Rule Class of Proportional Redistribution of Intersection Masses, by F. Smarandache, in arXiv:0807.1906, July 2008; International Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 3, No. A09, 79-85, 2009.

• Fusion of Sensors’ Information in the Machine Building Industry (DSmT), by F. Smarandache (co-author J. Dezert), Universitatea din Craiova, Facultatea de Mecanică, Romania, 18 May 2009.

• Advances in Quantitative and Qualitative Information Fusion, by J. Dezert (co-author F. Smarandache), Lecture given at Institute of Intelligent Control School of Automation Southeast University, Nanjing, China, May 19th, 2009.

• Some Applications of Quantitative and Qualitative Information Fusion, by Jean Dezert (co-author F. Smarandache), Lecture given at Institute of Intelligent Control School of Automation Southeast University, Nanjing, China, May 20th, 2009.

• Introduction to DSmT for Information Fusion, by Jean Dezert (co-author F. Smarandache), Lecture given Huazhong University of Sciences and Technology, Wuhan, China, May 23rd, 2009.

• Quantitative and Qualitative Information Fusion, by Jean Dezert (co-author F. Smarandache), International Workshop on Information Fusion, Lecture given at Beihang University, Beijing, China, May 28th, 2009.

• Quantitative and Qualitative Information Fusion, by Jean Dezert (co-author F. Smarandache), International Workshop on Information Fusion, Lecture given at Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, May 31st, 2009.

• Quantitative and Qualitative Information Fusion, by Jean Dezert (co-author F. Smarandache), International Workshop on Information Fusion, Lecture given at Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China, June 4th, 2009.

• Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion (third version), by F. Smarandache (co-author J. Dezert), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Rome, NY, USA, June 29, 2009.

• Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion (third version), by F. Smarandache (co-author J. Dezert), Griffiss Institute, Rome, NY, USA, July 1st, 2009.

• Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion (fourth version), by J. Dezert & F. Smarandache, Fusion 2009 International Conference, Seattle, USA, July 6th, 2009.

• Refined Labels for Qualitative Information Fusion in Decision-Making Support System, presented by F. Smarandache (co-authors J. Dezert & Xinde Li), Fusion 2009 International Conference, Seattle, USA, July 8th, 2009.

• An Introduction to Fusion Level 1 and to Neutrosophic Logic/Set with Applications, presented by F. Smarandache at Air Force Research Laboratory, in Rome, NY, USA, July 29, 2009.

• User insisted redistribution of belief in hierarchical classification spaces, by Wilbert van Norden, Catholijn M. Jonker, in Proc. of the 2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, Milan, Italy, 15 – 18 September 2009.

2008

• Extension of Inagaki General Weighted Operators and A New Fusion Rule Class of Proportional Redistribution of Intersection Masses, by F. Smarandache, presented as poster at SWIFT 2008 - Skovde Workshop on Information Fusion Topics, Sweden.

• Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion, Tutorial by J. Dezert & F. Smarandache, Fusion 2008 International Conference, June 30-July 3, 2008, Cologne, Germany.

• Applications de la DSmT en pistage et robotique, by J. Dezert, Seminar at Institute Henri Poincaré, 11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France, 22 January, 3-4 p.m., 2008; http://lastre.asso.fr/aubin/Sem-Viab-cont.html
   

2007

• Unification of Evidence Theoretic Fusion Algorithms: A Case Study in Level-2 and Level-3 Fingerprint Features [which received the best conference paper award], by M. Vatsa, R. Singh, and A. Noore, IEEE Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 
  2007; http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~richas/papers/Unification-BTAS.pdf .

• Classical Belief Conditioning and its Generalization to DSm Theory, by Milan Daniel, 6th International Conference on Information and Management Sciences, Lhasa, China, 2007.

• Target Tracking Applications of Dezert-Smarandache Theory of Plausible and Paradoxical Reasoning, by J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, A. Tchamova, P. Konstantinova, Department of Communication Systems, InfoLab21, South Drive, Lancaster University, Lancaster, U. K., 18 October 2007.

• Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion, by J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, Tutorial at Fusion 2007 Int. Conference on Information Fusion, Québec City, July 2007.

• Introduction á la Fusion et au Conditionnement de Croyances Quantitatives ou Qualitatives dans le Cadre de la DSmT, by J. Dezert, Seminar on "Recents developpements en fusion de données", ONERA, Chatillon, France, June 14th, 2007.

• Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion, Pre-Conference Workshop, by J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, Sensor Fusion Europe (Marcus Evans), 2nd Annual Assuring Accessibility of Secure Information for the Warfighter, Brussels, Belgium, January 29, 2007.

2006

• Advances and Applications of DSmT for Plausible and Paradoxical Reasoning for Information Fusion, by J. Dezert, International Workshop organized by the Bulgarian IST Centre of Competence in 21st Century, December 14, 2006, Bulg. Acad. of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.

• Fusion of Qualitative and Quantitative Information using DSmT, Tutorial MO2 by J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, Fusion 2006 International Conference, Florence, Italy, July 10-13, 2006.

• Fusion d'informations incertaines et conflictuelles par la DSmT, by Jean Dezert, Round panel Discussion on Prevision Methods, 38ièmes Journées de Statistique du 29 Mai 2006, EDF Recherche et Developpement (ICAME/SOAD), Clamart (92), France; http://www.jds2006.fr/index.php.

• DSmT Approach for Quantitative and Qualitative Information Fusion, Invited Lecture given by F. Smarandache (co-author J. Dezert), University Kristen Satya Wacana, Salatiga, May 26, 2006, Indonesia.

• DSmT Approach for Quantitative and Qualitative Information Fusion, Invited Lecture given by F. Smarandache (co-author J. Dezert), University Sekolah Tinggi Informatika & Komputer Indonesia, Malang, May 20, 2006, Indonesia.

• DSmT Approach for Quantitative and Qualitative Information Fusion, Invited Lecture given by Jean Dezert in Information Days on Advanced Computing,  supported by EU BIS21++ project and organised by Institute for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, March 21-23, 2006, Hotel "Kamena", Velingrad, Bulgaria.

2005

• DSmT: Une Nouvelle Approche pour la Gestion d'Informations Conflictuelles, Jean Dezert, ENSIETA, Brest, France, December 15, 2005, http://www.ensieta.fr/e3i2/Seminaire.html.

• DSm Theory of Plausible, Paradoxist, Uncertain, and Imprecise Reasoning for Information Fusion, F. Smarandache, J. Dezert, Knowledge Transfer International Conference, Romanian Ateneu Society, Ecological University of Bucharest, Romania, November 25-26, 2005.

• Dezert-Smarandache Theory (DSmT) of Plausible and Paradoxical Reasoning, J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, Sensor Fusion Europe, Post-Conference Workshop, Marcus Evans Co., November 4^th, 2005, Barcelona, Spain.

• An introduction to DSm Theory of Plausible, Paradoxist, Uncertain, and Imprecise Reasoning for Information Fusion, F. Smarandache, J. Dezert, 13^th International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems, Maribor, Slovenia, July 6-10, 2005.

Target Identification based on DSmT, A. Tchamova, J. Dezert, NATO Advanced Research Workshop 2005, Tallinn, Estonia, June 27 -  July 1, 2005.

• The DSmT Approach for Information Fusion and Some Open Challenging Problems, J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Albena, Bulgaria, 16-27 May 2005.

• Unification of Fusion Theories (UFT), F. Smarandache, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Albena, Bulgaria, 16-27 May 2005.

• Multi-Target Tracking Applications of Dezert-Smarandache Theory of Plausible and Paradoxical Reasoning, A. Tchamova, T. Semerdjiev, P. Konstantinova, J. Dezert, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Albena, Bulgaria, 16-27 May 2005.

2004

• To Be and Not To Be - An Introduction to Neutrosophic: A Novel Decision Paradigm, F. Smarandache, S. Bhattacharya, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 23 December 2004.

• Uvod Do Dezert-Smarandachovy Teorie (domnenkove funkce, zobecnene domnenkove funkce a jejich kombinovani) [About Dezert-Smarandache Theory (belief functions)], M. Daniel, Czech Society for Cybernetics and Informatics, Praha, Czech Republic, 7 December, 2004.

• An In-Depth Look at Information Fusion Rules & the Unification of Fusion Theories, by Florentin Smarandache, Presented at NASA Langley Research Center (Hampton, Virginia), on November 5th, 2004.

• Recent Applications of Dezert-Smarandache Theory for Information Fusion, J. Dezert, A. Tchamova, T. Semerdjiev, P. Konstantinova, S. Corgne, L. Hubert-Moy, M. Grégoire, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA, 5 November 2004.

• An Overview of DSmT for Information Fusion, J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA, 5 November 2004;

http://www.nianet.org/ecslectureseries/smarandache_110504.php, http://www.nianet.org/ecslectureseries/dezert_110504.php.

• Nouvelles Avancées en Fusion d'Information, J. Dezert, MAnifestation des JEunes Chercheurs STIC, Université du Littoral, Côte d’Opale, Calais, France, 14 October 2004, http://lil.univ-littoral.fr/majecstic/.

• Panel Discussion on DSmT – Fusion 2004 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, June 28-July 1, 2004, Stockholm, Sweden, http://www.fusion2004.org.

• Introduction à la DSmT pour la fusion de données incertaines et conflictuelles by Jean Dezert, Seminar given at the Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA/CTA/DT/GIP/PRO), 16 bis, Av. Prieur de la Côte d'Or, 94114 Arcueil Cedex, France, January 20th, 2004.

2003

•  Pistage multisenseur multicible et fusion de données, by Jean Dezert, Course given at the l'École Nationale Supérieure des Techniques (ENSTA), Boulevard Victor, Paris, France (Course ES310: Sensor and Data Fusion) , September 19th, 2003.

• A new framework for data fusion based on DSmT by Jean Dezert, Seminar given at Dept. of Elec. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, July 24th, 2003.

• Théorie du raisonnement plausible et paradoxal pour la fusion d'informations by Jean Dezert, Seminar given at Laboratoire PSI - FRE CNRS 2645, Université de Rouen, UFR des Sciences, Place Emile Blondel, 76821 Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France, April 10th, 2003.

• Théorie du raisonnement plausible et paradoxal pour la fusion d'informations by Jean Dezert, Seminar given at Laboratoire COSTEL, LETG UMR CNRS 6554, Université Rennes 2 Haute-Bretagne, Rennes, France, January 17th, 2003.

2002

• Théorie du raisonnement plausible et paradoxal pour la fusion d'informations, by Jean Dezert, Seminar given at Institute Henri Poincaré ,11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie 75005 - Paris, France, November 12th, 2002.

Biographies of F. Smarandache and J. Dezert

Florentin Smarandache was born in Balcesti, Romania, in 1954.  He got a M. Sc. Degree in both Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Craiova in 1979, received a Ph. D. in Mathematics from the Moldova State University at Kishinev in 1997, and continued postdoctoral studies at various American Universities (New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, Los Alamos National Laboratory) after emigration.  In 1988 he escaped from his country, pasted two years in a political refugee camp in Turkey, and in 1990 emigrated to USA.  In 1996 he became an American citizen.  Dr. Smarandache worked as a professor of mathematics for many years in Romania, Morocco, and United States, and between 1990-1995 as a software engineer for Honeywell, Inc., in Phoenix, Arizona.  He is an author, co-author, editor, and co-editor of 140 books and over 180 scientific papers and notes.

He published in many fields, such as: mathematics (number theory, statistics, non-Euclidean geometry), computer science (artificial intelligence, information fusion), physics (quantum physics, particle physics), economics (cultural economics, poly-emporium theory), philosophy (neutrosophy – a generalization of dialectics, neutrosophic logic – a generalization of intuitionistic fuzzy logic), social sciences (political essays), literature (poetry, prose, essays, novel, dramas, children plays, translations), arts (avant-garde/experimental drawings, collages, paintings).

Together with Dr. Jean Dezert from France, he is the creator of Dezert-Smarandache Theory in Information Fusion (applied mathematics), together with Dr. J. Dezert from France. This theory is internationally known since it is used in robotics, medicine, military, cybernetics, and every year since 2003 he is invited to present tutorials and papers about it at Fusion International Conferences in Australia (2003), Sweden (2004), USA (2005), Italy (2006), Canada (2007), Germany (2008), or at Marcus Evans’s Defense Seminars in Spain (2006), Belgium (2007), or at other universities (in Indonesia in 2006). He was invited speaker and sponsored by NASA in 2004 and by NATO in 2005. His papers are published by the Proceedings of these Conferences.

Many Ph D Theses have been sustained at universities in Canada, France, Italy, and a M. Sc. Thesis at Tehran University in Iran.

In Smarandache algebraic structures, such as monoid, semigroup, vector space, linear algebra, etc.,  students from IIT (Indian Institute of Technology)  in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, did and still do Ph D theses under the direction of Dr. W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy, who is one of his contributors to many such algebraic structures’ studies

(see http://fs.gallup.unm.edu//algebra.htm).

He set up and developed the Neutrosophic Logic/Set/Probability, which are generalizations of fuzzy logic (especially intuitionistic fuzzy logic), fuzzy set (especially intuitionistic fuzzy set), and respectively imprecise probability. He was an invited speaker at University of Berkeley in 2003 at a conference organized by the famous L. Zadeh, the father of fuzzy sets; also invited speaker in India (2004), Indonesia (2006), Egypt (2007). There were two Ph D theses on them at Georgia State University in Atlanta, and at Queensland University in Australia (see: http://fs.gallup.unm.edu//neutrosophy.htm).

He is the editor of the international journal “Progress in Physics”, printed and edited at UNM-Gallup, with international contributors and sponsors, and subscriptions from various research nuclear institutes from around the world. See one of its issues at: http://fs.gallup.unm.edu//PP-03-2008.pdf. In physics he coined the notion of “unmatter”, revealed some “Sorites quantum paradoxes”, used the neutrosophic logic (which is a multi-valued logic) to extend physics spaces, and extended together with V. Christianto physical differential equations from quaternion form to biquaternion form; see also the Smarandache-Christianto potential (http://fs.gallup.unm.edu//physics.htm).

In Economics he wrote together with V. Christianto about cultural economics as an alternative for underdeveloped countries, and proposed a poly-emporium theory (http://fs.gallup.unm.edu//economics.htm).

In Philosophy he did a synthesis of multiple contradictory philosophical ideas and schools of thought, extending Hegel’s dialectics to neutrosophy, which means analysis of not only the opposites but also the neutralities in between that interact with them (http://fs.gallup.unm.edu//neutrosophy.htm).

In humanistic fields, he is considered the father of “paradoxism” in literature, which is an avant-garde movement based on excessive use of antitheses, oxymorons, contradictions, paradoxes in creations. He published five International Anthologies on Paradoxism, where have contributed hundreds of writers from over the world (http://fs.gallup.unm.edu//a/Paradoxism.htm).

Web info: http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/

Jean Dezert was born in l'Hay les Roses, France, on August 25, 1962.  He received the electrical engineering degree from the École Française de Radioélectricité Électronique et Informatique (EFREI), Paris, in 1985, the D.E.A. degree in 1986 from the University Paris VII (Jussieu), and his Ph. D. from the University Paris XI, Orsay, in 1990, all in Automatic Control and Signal Processing.  During 1986-1990 he was with the Systems Department at the Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA), Châtillon, France, and did research in tracking. During 1991-1992, he visited the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, U.S.A. as an European Space Agency (ESA) Postdoctoral Research Fellow. During 1992-1993 he was teaching assistant in Electrical Engineering at the University of Orléans, France.  Since 1993, he is senior research scientist in the Image Estimation and Decision (IED) Research Lab. with the Information and Modelling and Processing Department (DTIM) at ONERA. His current research interests include autonomous navigation, estimation theory, stochastic systems theory and its applications to multisensor-multitarget tracking (MS-MTT), information fusion and plausible reasoning.  Dr. Jean Dezert is developing since 2001 with Professor Smarandache a new theory of plausible and paradoxical reasoning for information fusion (DSmT) and has edited the first textbook (collected works) devoted to this new emerging research field published by American Research Press, Rehoboth in 2004. He owns one international patent in the autonomous navigation field and has published several papers in international conferences and journals.  He coauthored one chapter in Multitarget-Multisensor Tracking: Applications and Advances, Vol.2 (Y. Bar-Shalom Editor).  He is member of IEEE and of Eta Kappa Nu, serves as reviewer for different International Journals, teaches a MS-MTT course at the French ENSTA Engineering School, collaborates for the development of the International Society of Information Fusion (ISIF) since 1998, and has served as Local Arrangements Organizer for the Third International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2000, July 10-13, in Paris. He has been involved in the Technical Program Committees of Fusion 2001-2004 International Conferences.  Since 2001, he is a member of the board of the International Society of Information Fusion (http://www.isif.org) and served as secretary for ISIF since 2001. He serves as executive vice-president of ISIF in 2004. In 2003, he organized with Professor Smarandache, the first special session devoted to plausible and paradoxical reasoning for information fusion at the International Conference on Information Fusion, Fusion 2003, Cairns, Australia and also a panel discussion and a special session on DSmT at Fusion 2004, Stockholm in June 2004.

Web info: http://www.bas.bg/clpp/mmosi/partners/jeandezert.html

Keywords:

Plausible and paradoxical reasoning, Data Fusion, Information fusion, Dezert-Smarandache Theory, DSmT, DSm hybrid rule, Rules of Combination, uncertainty, paradoxes, conflicts, Dempster-Shafer Theory, DST, Belief functions, hyper-powersets, free lattice, Dedekind's sequence, isotone boolean functions, neutrosophy, neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic set, artificial intelligence, expert systems.

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