Evidence Fusion using D-S Theory: utilizing a progressively evolving reliability factor in wireless networks

The Dempster-Shafer (D-S) theory provides a method to combine evidence from multiple nodes to estimate the likelihood of an intrusion. The theory's rule of combination gives a numerical method to fuse multiple pieces of information to derive a conclusion. But, D-S theory has its shortcomings when used in situations where evidence has significant conflict. Though the observers may have different values of uncertainty in the observed data, D-S theory considers the observers to be equally trustworthy. This thesis introduces a new method of combination based on D-S theory and Consensus method, that takes into consideration the reliability of evidence used in data fusion. The new method's results have been compared against three other methods of evidence fusion to objectively analyze how they perform under Denial of Service attacks and Xmas tree scan attacks.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.Sc.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Grantor

University of Windsor

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Dissanayake, Aqila

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Aggarwal, Akshai K.

Licence

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_CA

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14776/2866

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uwindsor.scholaris.ca:20.500.14776/2866