A computer vision-based system for the automatic detection of lying behaviour of dairy cows in free-stall barns

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-194

  Porto, Simona M C ^a   Arcidiacono, Claudia ^a   Anguzza, Umberto ^a   Cascone, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; BRANCHING FACTORS; DETECTOR MODELS; FALSE POSITIVE; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; VALIDATION PHASE; VISION-BASED SYSTEM; VISUAL RECOGNITION;

ALGORITHMS; DETECTORS; RECORDING INSTRUMENTS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

FARM BUILDINGS;

BOS;

EID: 84876715148     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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