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Selected Journal Articles
  • Shozo Mori, KC Chang, and CY Chong, “Performance Prediction of Feature Aided Track-to-Track Association,” to appear in IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Sept, 2014.
  • Hongda Chen, KC Chang, and Craig Agate, “UAV Path Planning with Tangent-plus-Lyapunov Vector Field Guidance and Obstacle Avoidance,” in IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 840-856, April, 2013.
  • Rommel Carvalho and KC Chang, “A Performance Evaluation Tool and Analysis for Multi-Sensor Classification Systems,” in Journal of Advances in Information Fusion (JAIF), December, 2012
  • Hongda Chen, KC Chang, and Craig Agate, “Tangent-plus-Lyapunov Vector Field Guidance for UAV Tracking,” in IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2012.
  • Vikas Kotari and KC Chang, “Epidemic Biological Data Fusion with Ad Hoc Sensor Networks,” Communications in Information Science and Management Engineering Journal, Vol.2 , No. 4, pp. 19-27, April, 2012 (http://www.jcisme.org/archive.aspx).
  • T. M. Clemons III and KC Chang, “Improved Space Target Tracking through Bias Estimation from in-situ Celestial Observations,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 1403- 1427, April, 2012.
  • KC Chang, Chee-Yee Chong, and Shozo Mori, “Analytical and Computational Evaluation of Scalable Distributed Fusion Algorithms,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 2022-2034, Oct., 2010.
  • Wei Sun and KC Chang, “Message Passing for General Hybrid Bayesian Networks: Representation, Propagation and Integration”, to appear in IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 2009.
  • Hongda Chen and KC Chang, “A Novel Non-linear Filtering and Prediction (NFP) Method for Maneuvering Target Tracking,” to appear in IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Jan., 2009.
  • Hongda Chen and KC Chang, “KNN Particle Filters for Dynamic Hybrid Bayesian Networks,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 44, pp. 1091-1101, July, 2008.
  • Eswar Sivaraman and K. C. Chang, “Performance Evaluation of Multi-Sensor Classification Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 43, pp. 1265-1281, Oct., 2007.
  • K. C. Chang, “Almost Instant Time Inference for Partially Dynamic Bayesian Networks,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 43, pp. 13-22, Jan., 2007.
  • K. C. Chang and Joe Hill, “Sensor Resource Management with Level 2 Fusion Using Markov Chain Models”, Journal of Advances in Information Fusion (JAIF), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 95-107, Dec. 2006.
  • K. C. Chang and Hongda Chen, “Efficient Inference Algorithms for Hybrid Dynamic Bayesian Networks,” SPIE Optical Engineering Journal, Vol. 44, No. 7, pp. 7201-7207, July, 2005.
  • Brian Saulson and K.C. Chang, “Nonlinear Estimation Comparison for Ballistic Missile Tracking,”
    SPIE Optical Engineering Journal, Vol. 43, Issue 6, pp. 1424-1438, June, 2004.
  • K. C. Chang, Zhi Tian, Shozo Mori, and Chee-Yee Chong, “Performance Evaluation for MAP Track Fusion,” IEEE Trans. on AES, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 706-714, April, 2004.
  • Zhi Tian and K. C. Chang, “Multi-Station Data Fusion for CDMA Wireless Communications,” SPIE Optical Engineering Journal, Vol. 42, Issue 6, pp. 1572-1582, June, 2003.
  • Shulin Yang and K. C. Chang, “Comparison of Score Matrics for Bayesian Network Learning,” IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Part A: Systems and Humans, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 419-428, May, 2002.
  • K. C. Chang, Zhi Tian, and Rajat Saha, “Performance Evaluation of Track Fusion with Information Matrix Filter,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 455-466, April, 2002.
  • Shozo Mori, Bill Barker, Chee-Yee Chong, and K. C. Chang, “Track Association and Track Fusion with Non-Deterministic Target Dynamics,” IEEE Trans. on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 659-668, April, 2002.

Selected Book Chapters

  • Wei Sun and KC Chang, “Probabilistic Inference for Hybrid Bayesian Networks,” Bayesian Networks, Dr. Wichian Premchaiswadi (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0556-5, InTech, Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/bayesian-networks/probabilistic-inference-for-hybrid-bayesiannetworks, 2012.
  • Wei Sun and KC Chang, “Efficient Inference in General Hybrid Bayesian Networks for Classification,” in Advanced Topics and Applications in Integrated Tracking, Classification, and Sensor Management, Edited by Mahendra Mallick, Dec., 2012.
  • C. Y. Chong, K.C. Chang, and Shozo Mori, “Fundamentals of Distributed Estimation,” in Distributed Data Fusion for Network-Centric Operations, Edited by David Hall et al., Chapter 5, Nov., 2012.
  • Shozo Mori, K.C. Chang, C.Y. Chong, and Marty Liggins, “Distributed Target Tracking – Track Fusion and Track Association,” in Distributed Data Fusion for Network-Centric Operations, Edited by David Hall et al., Chapter 6, Nov., 2012.
  • Eswar Sivaraman and KC Chang, “Evaluating Multi-Sensor Classification Performance with Bayesian Networks,” in Advanced Topics and Applications in Integrated Tracking, Classification, and Sensor Management, Edited by Mahendra Mallick, Sept., 2012.
  • Marty Liggins and K.C. Chang, “Distributed Fusion Architectures, Algorithms and Performance within a Network Centric Architecture,” to appear in Fusion Hand Book, Vol. I, Edited by David Hall, 2008.
  • Marty Liggins and K.C. Chang, “Introduction to Particle Filtering – The Next Stage in Tracking,” to appear in Fusion Hand Book, Vol. I, Edited by David Hall, 2008.

Selected Conference Papers

  • Todd Martin and KC Chang, “Situational awareness uncertainty impacts on Dynamic Spectrum Access performance,” in Proc. 17th International Conference on Information Fusion, July, 2014, Spain.
  • Todd Martin and KC Chang, “The impact of spectrum access policy flexibility and DSA system capability on spectrum sharing potential - a quantitative analysis,” in Proc. 2013 TPRC, 41th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, September 27-29, Washing DC, 2013.
  • Todd Martin and KC Chang, “A causal reasoning approach to DSA situational awareness and decision-making,” in Proc. 16th International Conference on Information Fusion, July 9-12, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Todd Martin and KC Chang, “A initial study of DSA cost and capacity trades under imperfect awareness,” in Proc. IEEE ICNC, Nov, 2012.
  • Paulo Costa, Kathryn Laskey, Kuochu Chang, Wei Sun, Cheol Park and Shou Matsumoto, “High-Level Information Fusion with Bayesian Semantics,” in Proc. 9th Bayesian Modeling Applications Workshop (BMAW-12), 2012.
  • Shozo Mori, KC Chang, and CY Chong, “Comparison of track fusion rules and track association metrics,” in Proc. 15th International Conference on Information Fusion, July 9-12, 2012, Singapore.
  • CY Chong, KC Chang, and Shozo Mori “Fundamentals of distributed estimation and tracking,” in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland, April, 2012.
  • Todd Martin and KC Chang, “A Decision and Utility Theory Construct for Dynamic Spectrum Access Systems,” in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland, April, 2012.
  • Shozo Mori, CY Chong, and KC Chang, “Performance Prediction of Feature Aided Track-to-Track Association,” in Proc. 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, July 5-8, 2011, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Romme Carvalho, Richard Haberlin, Paulo Costa, Kathryn Laskey, and KC Chang, “Modeling a Probabilistic Ontology for Maritime Domain Awareness,” in Proc. 14th International Conference on Information Fusion, July 5-8, 2011, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Vikas Kotari and KC Chang, “Fusion and Gaussian Mixture Based Classifiers for SONAR Data,” in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April, 2011.
  • Wei Sun and KC Chang, “Study of most probable explanations for hybrid Bayesian networks,” in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April, 2011.
  • T. M. Clemons III and KC Chang, “Improved Space Target Tracking Through Bias Estimation From In- Situ Celestial Observations,” AIAA 9th Annual U.S. Missile Defense Conference, Washington DC, March, 2011.
  • Feng Lin, Chunyan Zhou, and KC Chang, "Convergence Rate Analysis of Allied Genetic Algorithm," in Proc. 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, Georgia, Dec., 2010.
  • KC Chang and Wei Sun, "Scalable Fusion with Mixture Distributions in Sensor Networks," in Proc. 11th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Singapore, Dec. 2010.
  • Paulo Costa, KC Chang, Kathy Laskey, Tod Levitt, and Wei Sun "High-Level Fusion: Issues in Developing a Formal Theory," in Proc. 13th International Conference on Information Fusion, Edinburgh, UK, July, 2010.
  • Rommel Carvalho, Paulo Costa, Kathy Laskey, and KC Chang, "PROGNOS: Predictive Situational Awareness with Probabilistic Ontologies," in Proc. 13th International Conference on Information Fusion, Edinburgh, UK, July, 2010.
  • Wei Sun, KC Chang, and Kathy Laskey, "Scalable Inference for Hybrid Bayesian Networks with Full Density Estimations," in Proc. 13th International Conference on Information Fusion, Edinburgh, UK, July, 2010.
  • KC Chang, Ashirvad Naik, and Chist Smith, "A comparison of distance metrics between mixture distributions," in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April, 2010.
  • KC Chang and Ashwin Samant, "Image-based Tracking and Sensor Resource Management for UAVs in an Urban Environment," in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April, 2010.
  • HD Chen, KC Chang, and Christ Smith, "Constraint Optimized Weight Adaptation for Gaussian Mixture Reduction," in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April, 2010.
  • Feng Lin, KC Chang, and Wei Sun, "The Convergence Analysis of Parallel Genetic Algorithm Based on Allied Strategy," in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April, 2010.
  • Wei Sun and KC Chang, "Direct Message Passing for Hybrid Bayesian Network and Performance Analysis," in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April, 2010.
  • T. M. Clemons III and KC Chang, "Bias Correction using Background Stars for Spaced-Based IR Tracking," in Proc. 12th International Conference on Information Fusion, Seattle, July, 2009.
  • Hongda Chen, KC Chang, and Craig Agate, "Tracking with UAV using Tangent-plus-Lyapunov Vector Field Guidance," in Proc. 12th International Conference on Information Fusion, Seattle, July, 2009.
  • Shozo Mori, CY Chong, and KC Chang, "Track Association and Fusion Using Janossy Measure Density Functions," in Proc. 12th International Conference on Information Fusion, Seattle, July, 2009.
  • Paulo Costa, Kathryn Laskey, KC Chang, and Rommel Carvalho, "A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to High Level Fusion in Predictive Situational Awareness," in Proc. 12th International Conference on Information Fusion, Seattle, July, 2009.
  • Rommel Carvalho and KC Chang, "A Performance Evaluation Tool for Multi-Sensor Classification Systems," in Proc. 12th International Conference on Information Fusion, Seattle, July, 2009, Received one of the Best Student paper awards.
  • Paulo Costa, Kathryn Laskey, and KC Chang, "PROGNOS: Applying Probabilistic Ontologies to Distributed Predictive Situation Assessment in Naval Operations. Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Command and Control Research and Technology Conference (ICCRTS 2009). June, 15-17. Washington, D.C., USA, Received the Best paper award of the Collaborative Technologies for Network-Centric Operations.
  • KC Chang and Vikas Kotari, "An Epidemic Model for Biological Data Fusion in Ad Hoc Sensor Networks," in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April, 2009.
  • T. M. Clemons III and KC Chang, "Space-based IR tracking bias removal using background star observations," in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April, 2009.
  • Hongda Chen, KC Chang, and Craig Agate, "A Dynamic Path Planning Algorithm for UAV Tracking," in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April, 2009.
  • KC Chang, “Distributed Autonomous and Scalable Data Fusion and Dissemination in Net-Centric World,” in Proc. 11th International Conference on Information Fusion, Germany, July, 2008.
  • KC Chang, CY Chong, and Shozo Mori, “On Scalable Distributed Sensor Fusion,” in Proc. 11th International Conference on Information Fusion, Germany, July, 2008.
  • KC Chang, “Analytical Performance Evaluation for Autonomous Sensor Fusion,” in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, March, 2008.
  • T. M. Clemons III and KC Chang, “Effect of Sensor Bias on Space-Based Bearing-Only Tracker Using Unscented Kalman Filter,” in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, March, 2008.
  • Wei Sun and KC Chang, “Convergence Study of Message Passing in Arbitrary Continuous Bayesian Networks ,” in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, March, 2008.
  • Mahendra Mallick and KC Chang and, “Comparison of track-to-track fusion algorithms using video sensors on multiple unmanned aerial vehicles,” in Proc. SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Florida, March, 2008.
 

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