Intelligent computer vision system for segregating recyclable waste papers

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 10398-10407

  Rahman, Mohammad Osiur ^a   Hussain, Aini ^a   Scavino, Edgar ^a   Basri, Hassan ^a   Hannan, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Paper grade; Recyclable waste paper; Waste paper sorting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM; END-PRODUCTS; FEATURE SELECTION; FIRST-ORDER; HIGH QUALITY; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR ALGORITHM; MALAYSIA; MANUAL SORTING; MECHANICAL PAPER; OPTICAL PAPER; RECYCLABLE WASTE PAPER; RECYCLING PROCESS; SORTING METHOD; SORTING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL APPROACH; TEMPLATE DATABASE; VISION SENSING SYSTEM; WASTE PAPER SORTING;

COMPUTER VISION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PAPER PRODUCTS; RECYCLING; SENSORS;

WASTE PAPER;

EID: 79953677163     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.02.112     Document Type: Article

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