Academic Articles & Research Papers

Outdoor access practices in the Canadian dairy industry

ABSTRACT: Dairy cows are highly motivated to access pasture and have a partial preference for alternative forms of outdoor access (e.g., deep-bedded outdoor sand or wood-chip packs). In addition, Canadians value the provision of outdoor acc...

Design of an Apple Harvesting Robot Based on Hybrid Pneumatic-Electric Drive System

This paper presents the design of a high-efficiency apple harvesting robot based on a hybrid pneumatic-electric drive system, capable of operating around the clock. The robotic system comprises a mobile platform with two degrees of freedom ...

Performance Benchmarking: Pre-trained Models and Custom Convolutional Neural Networks in Deep Learning

Recent advances in computer vision and deep learning, particularly Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), have significantly increased road safety. CNNs were used in this work to automatically detect and categorise traffic signs—a crucial ta...

Vision-Based Autonomous Landing of a Quadrotor on the Perturbed Deck of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Autonomous landing on the deck of an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) is still a major challenge for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In this paper, a fiducial marker is located on the platform so as to facilitate the task since it is possibl...

OmniVO: Toward Robust Omni Directional Visual Odometry With Multicamera Collaboration for Challenging Conditions

With the recent developments in computer vision, vision-based odometry plays an increasingly important role in the field of autonomous systems. However, using traditional visual odometry or simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM) only...

MoringaLeafNet: A multi-class leaf disease dataset for precision agriculture and deep learning researchMendeley Data

Moringa Oleifera, which has outstanding nutritional and health benefits, is prized around the world because its leaves are rich in essential vitamins, antioxidants, and minerals that support digestion, help the immune system, and fight infl...

Secured Perimeter with Electromagnetic Detection and Tracking with Drone Embedded and Static Cameras

Perimeter detection systems detect intruders penetrating protected areas, but modern solutions require the combination of smart detectors, information networks and controlling software to reduce false alarms and extend detection range. The ...

Enhanced Multiscale Attention Network for Single Image Dehazing

Under severe weather conditions, the quality of the images taken outside is directly affected by floating atmospheric particles. To keep the quality of the images, haze removal methods play a critical role. The most difficult part of haze r...

Deep Learning for Spatio-Temporal Data Mining: A Survey

With the fast development of various positioning techniques such as Global Position System (GPS), mobile devices and remote sensing, spatio-temporal data has become increasingly available nowadays. Mining valuable knowledge from spatio-temp...

Physics-informed generative neural network: an application to troposphere temperature prediction

The troposphere is one of the atmospheric layers where most weather phenomena occur. Temperature variations in the troposphere, especially at 500 hPa, a typical level of the middle troposphere, are significant indicators of future weather c...

Deep Learning Proactive Approach to Blackout Prevention in Smart Grids: An Early Warning System

Blackout events in smart grids can have significant impacts on individuals, communities and businesses, as they can disrupt the power supply and cause damage to the grid. In this paper, a new proactive approach to an early warning system fo...

Time-series forecasting with deep learning: a survey

Numerous deep learning architectures have been developed to accommodate the diversity of time-series datasets across different domains. In this article, we survey common encoder and decoder designs used in both one-step-ahead and multi-hori...

A machine learning and clustering-based approach for county-level COVID-19 analysis.

COVID-19 is a global pandemic threatening the lives and livelihood of millions of people across the world. Due to its novelty and quick spread, scientists have had difficulty in creating accurate forecasts for this disease. In part, this is...

Machine Learning Methods in the Environmental Sciences

Machine learning methods originated from artificial intelligence and are now used in various fields in environmental sciences today. This is the first single-authored textbook providing a unified treatment of machine learning methods and th...

Statistical Characteristics of Nighttime Medium‐Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances From 10‐Years of Airglow Observation by the Machine Learning Method

Abstract For the first time, we used the machine learning method to analyze the statistical occurrence and propagation characteristics of nighttime medium‐scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs) from October 2011 to December 2021 ...

Design of a Forest Fire Early Alert System through a Deep 3D-CNN Structure and a WRF-CNN Bias Correction

Throughout the years, wildfires have negatively impacted ecological systems and urban areas. Hence, reinforcing territorial risk management strategies against wildfires is essential. In this study, we built an early alert system (EAS) with ...

MATCHA, a novel regional hydroclimate-chemical reanalysis: System description and evaluation

We present MATCHA (Model for Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry in Asia), a 17-year (2003–2019) regional hydroclimate-chemical reanalysis for Asia (58–140° E, 4– 40° N) at 12 km resolution. MATCHA couples the Weather Research and Forecasti...

Machine Learning for Climate Precipitation Prediction Modeling over South America

Many natural disasters in South America are linked to meteorological phenomena. Therefore, forecasting and monitoring climatic events are fundamental issues for society and various sectors of the economy. In the last decades, machine learni...

Open-IBD: protocol for a longitudinal multi-omics inception cohort in inflammatory bowel disease.

Machine learning approach for the estimation of missing precipitation data: a case study of South Korea

Precipitation is one of the driving forces in water cycles, and it is vital for understanding the water cycle, such as surface runoff, soil moisture, and evapotranspiration. However, missing precipitation data at the observatory becomes an ...