Classification of sows' activity types from acceleration patterns using univariate and multivariate models

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 53-60

  Cornou, Cécile ^a   Lundbye Christensen, Søren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body activity; Dynamic Linear Models; Group housed sows; Multi Process Kalman Filter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; PASSIVE FILTERS;

BODY ACTIVITIES; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; DYNAMIC LINEAR MODEL; GROUP-HOUSED SOWS; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; MULTI-PROCESS KALMAN FILTERS; MULTIVARIATE MODELING; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY;

KALMAN FILTERS;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FAUNISTICS; FEEDING; HEALTH RISK; LIVESTOCK; MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIG; TIME SERIES; WALKING;

EID: 77954846015     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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