An Automatic Weighting System for Wild Animals Based in an Artificial Neural Network: How to Weigh Wild Animals without Causing Stress

This paper proposes a novel and autonomous weighing system for wild animals. It allows evaluating changes in the body weight of animals in their natural environment without causing stress. The proposed system comprises a smart scale designed to estimate individual body weights and their temporal evo...

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Main Authors: Javier Bustamante, Carlos León, Jesús Marín, Miguel Ángel Leal, Manuel Baena, Julio Barbancho, Carlos Rodríguez, Diego Francisco Larios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-02-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/3/2862