Automatic recognition of jaw movements in free-ranging cattle, goats and sheep, using acoustic monitoring

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 474-483

  Navon, Shilo ^a   Mizrach, Amos ^a   Hetzroni, Amots ^a   Ungar, Eugene David ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; AGRICULTURE; MICROPHONES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACOUSTIC MONITORING; AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION; FALSE POSITIVE RATES; LEARNING APPROACH; NOISY ENVIRONMENT; PIEZOELECTRIC MICROPHONES; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84887016662     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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