Classification of oil palm fresh fruit bunches based on their maturity using portable four-band sensor system

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-60

  Saeed, Osama Mohammed Ben ^a   Sankaran, Sindhuja ^b   Shariff, Abdul Rashid Mohamed ^a   Shafri, Helmi Zulhaidi Mohd ^a   Ehsani, Reza ^b   Alfatni, Meftah Salem ^a   Hazir, Mohd Hafiz Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Fruit maturity; Oil palm fresh fruit bunches; Optical sensing; Visible near infrared sensor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE OPTICAL SENSORS; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CRITICAL FACTORS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FRESH FRUITS; FRUIT MATURITY; IN-FIELD; MAHALANOBIS DISTANCES; MULTIBAND; OIL PALM; OPTICAL SENSING; PALM OIL; QUADRATIC DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; REFLECTANCE DATA; SENSOR SYSTEMS; SPECTRAL BAND; SPECTRAL FEATURE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; VEGETATION INDEX; VISIBLE-NEAR INFRARED SENSOR;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INFRARED DETECTORS; REFLECTION; SENSORS; TEACHING; VEGETABLE OILS;

FRUITS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT; MATURATION; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; SENSOR; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE OIL; VEGETATION INDEX;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84855993122     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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