Credibility decay model in temporal evidence combination

Data fusion in time domain is sequential and dynamic. Methods to deal with evidence conflict in spatial domain may not suitable in temporal domain. It is significant to determine the dynamic credibility of evidence in time domain. The Markovian requirement of time domain fusion is analyzed based on Dempster's combination rule and evidence discount theory. And the credibility decay model is presented to get the dynamic evidence credibility. Then the evidence is discounted by dynamic discount factor. It's illustrated that such model can satisfied the requirement of data fusion in time domain. Proper and solid decision can be made by this approach. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.