Sows' activity classification device using acceleration data - A resource constrained approach

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-117

  Marchioro, Gilberto Fernandes ^a,b   Cornou, Cécile ^b   Kristensen, Anders Ringgaard ^b   Madsen, Jan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Activity type classification; Farrowing; HW SW implementation; Sows' behavioral modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION DATA; ACTIVITY TYPE CLASSIFICATION; BEHAVIORAL MODELING; CLASSIFICATION MODELS; DESIGN DECISIONS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FARROWING; HARDWARE MODULES; HARDWARE RESOURCES; HEURISTIC CLASSIFICATION; HW/SW IMPLEMENTATION; MULTI-PROCESS KALMAN FILTERS; PROCESSING ELEMENTS; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED; SERVER-BASED; TARGET ARCHITECTURES; TECHNICAL ASPECTS;

ACCELEROMETERS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER HARDWARE;

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ACTIVITY PATTERN; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPUTER; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEURISTICS; KALMAN FILTER; PIG; SOFTWARE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79957782681     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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