Application of CUSUM charts to detect lameness in a milking robot

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2032-2040

  Pastell, Matti ^a   Madsen, Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Lameness detection; Livestock weighing; Statistical quality control

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; HEALTH; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

CUSUM CHARTS; DAIRY CATTLE; HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMS; HISTORICAL DATA; LAMENESS DETECTION; LIVESTOCK WEIGHING; MEASURING SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL; TARGET VALUES; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 48749100983     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.08.087     Document Type: Article

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