A basket-weaving shed runs a stills-only grader and a notes-only grader, then averages or votes at the end. Which fusion type is that?
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Short Explanation
Late fusion is two finished judges shaking hands at the door. Each grader works alone; only the final vote or average mixes them.
Full Explanation
Late fusion processes each modality through its own specialist, then combines outputs or decisions. That differs from early concat of raw features and from intermediate merging of mid-level representations. Calling the pattern “no fusion” or “early fusion” mislabels where the streams meet.