Automatic expert system for weeds/crops identification in images from maize fields

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-82

  Montalvo, M ^a   Guerrero, J M ^a   Romeo, J ^a   Emmi, L ^b   Guijarro, M ^a   Pajares, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic expert system; Image segmentation; Image thresholding; Maize fields; Weeds crop discrimination

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; AGRICULTURAL CROPS; AS-SOILS; CHEMICAL PRODUCTS; CROP PLANTS; IMAGE THRESHOLDING; IMAGING SENSORS; MAIZE FIELDS; MECHANICAL MANIPULATION; SEGMENTATION PROCEDURE; SITE-SPECIFIC; WATER-FALL; WEEDS/CROP DISCRIMINATION;

CROPS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PIXELS;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84866089740     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.07.034     Document Type: Article

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