Artificial neural networks for fly identification: A case study from the genera Tachina and Ectophasia (Diptera, Tachinidae)

Biologia

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 462-469

  Vaňhara, Jaromír ^a   Muráriková, Natália ^a   Malenovský, Igor ^b   Havel, Josef ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Diptera; Ectophasia; Parasitoids; Species identification; Tachina; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; TACHINA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 50849099183     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-007-0089-1     Document Type: Article

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