Artificial Pigs in Space: Using Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life Techniques to Design Animal Housing

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2609-2613

  Stricklin, W R ^a   De Bourcier, P ^a   Zhou, J Z ^a   Gonyou, H W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal Housing; Computer Simulation; Group Behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; SWINE;

EID: 0032177458     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76102609x     Document Type: Article

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