Automatic multistage classification system for plastic bottles recycling

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 266-285

  Tachwali, Y ^a   Al Assaf, Y ^a   Al Ali, A R ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligent; Classification; Image processing; Near infrared; Plastic recycling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LIGHT REFLECTION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

PLASTIC RECYCLING; QUADRATIC DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS;

RECYCLING;

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ALGORITHMS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LIGHT REFLECTION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RECYCLING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEAR INFRARED; PLASTIC; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CAMERA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLASTIC BOTTLE; RECYCLING;

EID: 34748899590     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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