Improved estimation of bovine weight trajectories using Support Vector Machine Classification

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 110, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-41

  Alonso, Jaime ^a   Villa, Alfonso ^b   Bahamonde, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Association of Breeders of Asturiana de los Valles (ASEAVA)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Growth curves; Support Vector Machines (SVM); Weight prediction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MAMMALS; TRAJECTORIES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; BEEF CATTLE; GEOMETRICAL RELATIONSHIP; GROWTH CURVES; LONG-TERM PREDICTION; ORDERING CONSTRAINTS; PREFERENCE FUNCTIONS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE CLASSIFICATION;

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

ALGORITHM; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; MACHINERY; TRAJECTORY; UNGULATE; WEIGHT;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84908354471     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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