Welcome to the DSmT homepage

 

"One step beyond the classical approaches in data fusion...
dealing with Sorites paradoxes and unrefinable frame of discernment"

 

What is DSmT ?

The Dezert-Smarandache Theory (DSmT) of plausible and paradoxical reasoning is a natural extension of the classical Dempster-Shafer Theory (DST) but includes fundamental differences with the DST. DSmT allows to formally combine any types of independent sources of information  represented in term of belief functions, but is mainly focused on the fusion of uncertain, highly conflicting  and imprecise quantitative or qualitative sources of evidence. DSmT  is able to solve complex, static or dynamic fusion problems beyond the limits of the DST framework, specially when conflicts between sources become large and when the refinement of the frame of the problem under consideration becomes inaccessible because of vague, relative and imprecise nature of elements of it. …

Download a short introduction to DSmT new version.

To know more on DSmT, download our recent published books : Advances and Applications of DSmT for Information Fusion (Collected works), edited by F. Smarandache, J. Dezert [Vol. I; Vol. II (Erratum to printed version of Vol. II), Vol. III (760 pages, 21 MB)  new].

 

List of publications related to DSmT

2009

 

2008

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 19th, 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 A. Kirchner, F. Dambreville, F. Celeste, J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, Fusion 2007 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, Québec City, July 2007.
  • Qualitative Belief Conditioning Rules (QBCR), by F. Smarandache, J. Dezert, Fusion 2007 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, Québec City, July 2007.
  • Enrichment of Qualitative Beliefs for Reasoning under Uncertainty, by X. Li, X. Huang, J. Dezert, F. Smarandache, Fusion 2007 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, Québec City, 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.
  • Towards a Combination Rule to Deal with Partial Conflict and Specificity in Belief Functions Theory, by Arnaud Martin, Christophe Osswald, Fusion 2007 Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, Québec City, July 2007.

Ph. D. Dissertation:

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 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.
  • 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, A.-L. Jousselme, 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

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

·         Information Fusion Based on New Proportional Conflict Redistribution Rules, by F. Smarandache and J. Dezert, Proceedings of Fusion 2005, Int. Conf. on Information Fusion, Philadelphia, PA, USA, July 25-29, 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 F. Smarandache and J. Dezert, International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics (ISSN 0973-1377), Vol. 3, No J05, pp. 1-36, June 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

Ph. D. Dissertations:

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.

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.

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

 

Seminars on DSmT

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, MDIS 2009, Sibiu, Romania, 30 September 2009.
  • 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 1st, 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 Catholijn M. Jonker, in Proc. of the 2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, Milan, Italy, 15 – 18 September 2009.

2008

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

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.
  • 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.  In present, he is Professor of Mathematics and Chair of Math & Sc. Dept. at the University of New Mexico, Gallup Campus.  Very prolific, he is the author, co-author, and editor of over 70 books and 160 scientific articles, and contributed to about 50 scientific and 100 literary journals from around the world (in mathematics, computer science, physics, philosophy, rebus, literature, and arts).  He wrote in Romanian, French, and English.  Some of his work was translated into Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Esperanto, Swedish, Farsi, Arabic, Chinese. He was so attracted by contradictions that, in 1980s, he set up the "Paradoxism" avant-garde movement in literature, philosophy, art, even science, which made many advocates in the world, and it’s based on excessive use of antitheses, antinomies, paradoxes in creation - making an interesting connection between mathematics, engineering, philosophy, and literature [http://www.geocities.com/charlestle/paradoxism.html] and led him to coining the neutrosophic logic, a logic generalizing the intuitionistic fuzzy logic that is able to deal with paradoxes. There are several Smarandache notions studied in international journals and encyclopedias. He organized the 'First International Conference on Neutrosophics' at the University of New Mexico, 1-3 December 2001 [http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/FirstNeutConf.htm]. Small contributions he had in physics and psychology too. Much of his work is held in "The Florentin Smarandache Papers" Special Collections at the Arizona State University, Tempe, and Texas State University, Austin (USA), also in the National Archives (Rm. Vâlcea) and Romanian Literary Museum (Bucharest), and in the Musée de Bergerac (France). Since 2003, he organized with Dr. Jean Dezert, the special sessions devoted to plausible and paradoxist reasoning for information fusion at the Fusion International Conferences on Information Fusion in Cairns (Australia), Stockholm (Sweden), Philadelphia (USA), Florence (Italy), Quebec City (Canada), Cologne (Germany), as well as at Marcus Evans's Defense Seminars in Barcelona (Spain), Brussels (Belgium), etc.

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

E-mail:smarand@unm.edu, fsmarandache@yahoo.com

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.

E-mail: jean.dezert@onera.fr, jdezert@gmail.com

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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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