Neural network analysis of postural behavior of young swine to determine the IR thermal comfort state

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 755-760

  Shao, J ^a,b   Xin, H ^a,b,c   Harmon, J D ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal well being; Environmental control; Fourier transformation; Image processing; Neural network; Swine behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELL BEING; MORPHOLOGICAL FILTERING; SWINE BEHAVIOR;

ALGORITHMS; EDGE DETECTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031148011     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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