Two-stage procedure based on smoothed ensembles of neural networks applied to weed detection in orange groves

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-55

  Torres Sospedra, Joaquín ^a   Nebot, Patricio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural robotics; Agricultural sensing; Terrain classification

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CITRUS FRUITS; CULTIVATION; HERBICIDES;

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS; AGRICULTURAL SENSING; HERBICIDE APPLICATION; HERBICIDE UTILIZATION; MACHINE LEARNING REPOSITORY; TERRAIN CLASSIFICATION; TWO-STAGE PROCEDURES; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA;

WEED CONTROL;

EID: 84901595060     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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