Robust acoustic bird recognition for habitat monitoring with wireless sensor networks

International Journal of Speech Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 631-645

  Boulmaiz, Amira ^a   Messadeg, Djemil ^a   Doghmane, Noureddine ^a   Taleb Ahmed, Abdelmalik ^b  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Birdsong recognition; Deep neural network; GTECC; Noise power estimation; QCN; WSN

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BIRDS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SENSOR NODES;

BIRDSONG RECOGNITION; CEPSTRAL COEFFICIENTS; CEPSTRAL NORMALIZATIONS; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS; GTECC; NOISE-POWER ESTIMATION; WIRELESS SENSORS NETWORKS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84980009672     PISSN: 13812416     EISSN: 15728110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10772-016-9354-4     Document Type: Article

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