Evaluation of the traffic parameters in a metropolitan area by fusing visual perceptions and CNN processing of webcam images

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1108-1129

  Faro, Alberto ^a   Giordano, Daniela ^a   Spampinato, Concetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular neural networks (CNNs); Computing with words; Fuzzy logic; Intelligent systems; Machine vision

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED MEASUREMENTS; COMPUTING WITH WORDS; DATA COLLECTIONS; FUZZY PROCESSORS; HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HUMAN PERCEPTIONS; MACHINE VISION; METROPOLITAN AREAS; MOBILITY INFORMATIONS; PROCESSING TIME; SOFT-COMPUTING TECHNIQUES; TRAFFIC MONITORING; TRAFFIC NETWORKS; TRAFFIC PARAMETERS; TRAVELING TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTIONS; WEB CAMS;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER MONITORS; COMPUTER VISION; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY NEURAL NETWORKS; FUZZY SETS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; SOFT COMPUTING; VISION;

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VISION;

ALGORITHMS; CITIES; FEEDBACK; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 49149115038     PISSN: 10459227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNN.2008.2000392     Document Type: Article

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