Article: Dynamic Bayesian network threat assessment for warship formation: a data analysis method Journal: International Journal of High Performance Systems Architecture (IJHPSA) 2018 Vol.8 No.1/2 pp.71 - 81 Abstract: In the target threat assessment of maritime formation air defence, the observation data are easy to be missing, and existing data analysis methods are difficult to carry out dynamic assessment in time series. In order to solve these problems, a data analysis method about threat assessment is proposed, which is based on discrete dynamic Bayesian networks (DDBN) and the utility theory. Firstly, the data characteristics of the target threat assessment are analysed, and a two-stage dynamic Bayesian network structure evaluation system is constructed. Secondly, the continuous variable in the network structure is transformed into a discrete variable, which can avoid the repeated calculation caused by the continuous change of the node threat attribute value in a small range. Then, the prior probability of the credibility of the uncertainty node to make the Bayesian network parameters more realistic, and the utility theory is introduced to carry out the threat ranking. Finally, the simulation results show that the data analysis method is in good agreement with the artificial judgment. This proposed method has a certain practical significance, which realises the data processing of dynamic threat assessment. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Dynamic Bayesian network threat assessment for warship formation: a data analysis method

Authors: Haiwen Sun; Xiaofang Xie; Tao Sun; Chengcheng Wang

Addresses: Naval Aviation University, No. 188, Two Road, Zhifu District, Yantai 264001, Shandong, China ' Naval Aviation University, No. 188, Two Road, Zhifu District, Yantai 264001, Shandong, China ' Naval Aviation University, No. 188, Two Road, Zhifu District, Yantai 264001, Shandong, China ' Naval Aviation University, No. 188, Two Road, Zhifu District, Yantai 264001, Shandong, China

Abstract: In the target threat assessment of maritime formation air defence, the observation data are easy to be missing, and existing data analysis methods are difficult to carry out dynamic assessment in time series. In order to solve these problems, a data analysis method about threat assessment is proposed, which is based on discrete dynamic Bayesian networks (DDBN) and the utility theory. Firstly, the data characteristics of the target threat assessment are analysed, and a two-stage dynamic Bayesian network structure evaluation system is constructed. Secondly, the continuous variable in the network structure is transformed into a discrete variable, which can avoid the repeated calculation caused by the continuous change of the node threat attribute value in a small range. Then, the prior probability of the credibility of the uncertainty node to make the Bayesian network parameters more realistic, and the utility theory is introduced to carry out the threat ranking. Finally, the simulation results show that the data analysis method is in good agreement with the artificial judgment. This proposed method has a certain practical significance, which realises the data processing of dynamic threat assessment.

Keywords: discrete dynamic Bayesian networks; DDBN; data analysis; discrete variable; credibility; utility theory; threat assessment.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHPSA.2018.094145

International Journal of High Performance Systems Architecture, 2018 Vol.8 No.1/2, pp.71 - 81

Received: 23 Nov 2017
Accepted: 10 Feb 2018
Published online: 17 Aug 2018 *

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