Developing an Extreme Learning Machine Based Approach to Weed Segmentation in Pastures

Title
Developing an Extreme Learning Machine Based Approach to Weed Segmentation in Pastures
Publication Date
2023-10
Author(s)
Ford, Jonathan
Sadgrove, Edmund
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8710-9900
Email: esadgro2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:esadgro2
Paul, David
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2428-5667
Email: dpaul4@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:dpaul4
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Place of publication
The Netherlands
DOI
10.1016/j.atech.2023.100288
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/59113
Abstract

Effective weed management in pastures is critical for maintaining the productivity of grazing land. Autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs) are increasingly being considered for weed localization and treatment in agricultural land. Weeds, however, can be difficult to distinguish from background plants, due to similarities in colour, shape and texture. While deep learning approaches can be used to solve the localization issue, they are computationally expensive, and require a large volume of training images in order to combat overfitting. In this paper we present a novel Extreme Learning Machine based network for segmenting weeds from the background pasture. The proposed method utilizes a combination of LBP, HOG and colour features, and is tested on four small datasets, achieving a high mean Intersection over Union of 87.1, 79.5, 81.6 and 87.6 for Bathurst burr, horehound, thistle and serrated tussock respectively.

Link
Citation
Smart Agricultural Technology, v.5, p. 1-12
ISSN
2772-3755
Start page
1
End page
12
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International

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