Computer vision system for on-line sorting of pot plants using an artificial neural network classifier

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-55

  Timmermans, A J M ^a   Hulzebosch, A A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer vision; Discriminant analysis; Image processing; Neural network; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEURAL NETWORKS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

CACTUS PLANT; FLOWERED PLANT; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; QUADRATIC DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 0030142644     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1699(95)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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