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We assess the static reliability from a training set by the local decision of each sensor and the dissimilarity measure among evidences. The dynamic reliability factors are obtained from each test target using the dissimilarity measure between the output information of each sensor and the consensus. Secondly, an adaptive combination method of static and dynamic discounting has been introduced.  We adopt Parzen-window to estimate the matching degree of current performance and  static performance for the sensor. Through fuzzy theory, the fusion system can realize  self-learning and self-adapting with the sensor performance changing. 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