As one of the largest exporters in the world, cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) production in Indonesia provides an important contribution to the plantation sector that can, directly and indirectly, attribute to the national...
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As one of the largest exporters in the world, cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) production in Indonesia provides an important contribution to the plantation sector that can, directly and indirectly, attribute to the national economic development. However, recent data shows a decline in cocoa productivity in Indonesia. This is arguably caused by various factors, including poor agricultural management and practices in cocoa plantations, that may lead to lower fertility in the soil and an increased risk of diseases and pests. Potassium deficiency is a major contributing factor to the low soil fertility that affects cocoa yields. Therefore, in this work, we implement an application with an expert system utilizing the forward chaining method to detect potassium deficiency in cocoa plants and then give a fertilization-based recommendation based on the plants’ condition. The system employs a set of rules to identify symptoms related to the deficiency on the sample photo of a cocoa leaf according to the channels of red, green, and blue of the image. The sample images of cocoa leaves are submitted to the application with an easy-to-use interface that can show the scanning result and proceed to display the suggested quantity of fertilizers to prevent potassium deficiency. Implementing the system can contribute constructive impacts to improve current practices in the overall cropping system of cocoa plants.
Learning to assemble geometric shapes into a larger target structure is a pivotal task in various practical applications. In this work, we tackle this problem by establishing local correspondences between point clouds...
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This study investigated the electrical properties of AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) with varied recess depths under the gate electrode. We demonstrated a recess depth of approximately 6 nm, which...
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Software projects are affected by technical knowledge as well as the personality of the team. Such factors can reduce or increase the software quality and development speed. For successful task allocation, it is essen...
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ISBN:
(数字)9798350368833
ISBN:
(纸本)9798350368840
Software projects are affected by technical knowledge as well as the personality of the team. Such factors can reduce or increase the software quality and development speed. For successful task allocation, it is essential to consider the skills and profile of each developer, thus maximizing their productivity. In projects with large teams, task allocation can be challenging, and the help of tools can facilitate its execution. In this work, we propose an intelligent approach for allocating software development tasks suitable to the profile of developers. From the literature, we define the appropriate skills and technical profiles for a development team, and the assessment is based on the developer completing a questionnaire. We developed a recommendation system to suggest tasks to be allocated to developers, employing text processing techniques. For validation, 495 tasks were used from an actual project developing simulator software for military training. The recommended allocations were evaluated by the project developers and used to improve the system. Validations showed that the developed approach makes consistent and coherent task recommendations to developers according to the developer profile, as participants agree with the recommendation for 76% of tasks.
This paper presents an offline path planning strategy for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) using Q-learning. The proposed method addresses path optimization in warehouse-like environments, where tasks involve item pick...
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(数字)9798331508807
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(纸本)9798331508814
This paper presents an offline path planning strategy for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) using Q-learning. The proposed method addresses path optimization in warehouse-like environments, where tasks involve item pickup and delivery to specific locations. The Q-learning algorithm trains an agent to determine the most efficient routes, with validation conducted in an $8 \times 5$ meter workspace equipped with an Optitrack motion capture system. The workspace was discretized into a $16 \times 10$ grid, allowing the Q-learning to effectively navigate through complex obstacle-laden scenarios. Experimental results indicate that the Q-learning approach outperforms traditional methods such as Dijkstra, A-star, and Breadth-First Search in terms of path length, number of turns, planning time, and overall success rate; being up to 7 times faster to plan a path and reducing the number of bends by up to 41%. The Q-learning based paths feature more linear segments, which contribute to energy savings and improved navigational efficiency. Future work will explore applications in heterogeneous multi-agent systems and enhancements in training time and agent collaboration.
In a music scenario, both auditory and visual elements are essential to achieve an outstanding performance. Recent research has focused on the generation of body movements or fingering from audio in music performance....
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In a music scenario, both auditory and visual elements are essential to achieve an outstanding performance. Recent research has focused on the generation of body movements or fingering from audio in music performance. The audio-driven face generation technique in music performance is still deficient. In this paper, we compile a violin soundtrack and facial expression dataset (VSFE) for modeling facial expressions in violin performance. To our knowledge, this is the first dataset mapping the relationship between violin performance audio and musicians’ facial expressions. We then propose a 3DCNN network with self-attention and residual blocks for audio-driven facial expression generation. In the experiments, we compare our methods with three baselines on talking face generation. The codes and dataset are available on the Github (https://***/kevinlin91/icassp_music2face).
Environmental hazards place certain individuals at disproportionately higher risks. As these hazards increasingly endanger human health, precise identification of the most vulnerable population subgroups is critical f...
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We developed a dual optical/x-ray ultrafast photodetector based on in-house grown Cdo * Mg0.03Te single crystals. The detector is characterized by ~200 ps full-width-at-half-maximum, readout-electronics limited photor...
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Machine learning algorithms are fundamentally driven by the data provided by humans;consequently, the decisions made by those algorithms are not free from human bias. This is particularly evident in the case of facial...
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(纸本)9789898704498
Machine learning algorithms are fundamentally driven by the data provided by humans;consequently, the decisions made by those algorithms are not free from human bias. This is particularly evident in the case of facial analysis systems that employ machine learning algorithms. Recent studies have shown that the decisions made by many of the commercially available facial analysis systems are prejudiced against certain groups of race, ethnicity, age, gender and culture. Further studies have identified that the underlying reason for such biased decisions is that the open source material available for facial image databases which are used in commerce and academia to train the algorithms has meager diversity in these categories. To compound this issue, facial analysis technology is promoted by influential companies and artificial intelligence service providers without affirming the fairness and accuracy of the decisions given by these systems. To minimize bias and ensure representation of the Middle Eastern population in the imminent growth of this technology, we propose the development of two Arab face databases along with an algorithmic audit involving seven commercially available facial analysis systems. Of the databases, the first, Arab-LEANA, will include 300 Arab subjects' face images with variation in lighting, expression, accessory, nationality and age (LEANA). The second, Arab Public Figures Faces (APFF), will contain images and videos of 300 Arab public figures captured "in the wild". Faces for APFF will be selected manually from the internet since manual selection of faces will result in a high degree of variability in scale, pose, expression, illumination, age, occlusion and make-up. These databases will provide the worldwide community of face recognition researchers with a large-scale, diverse collection of Arab face images for training and evaluating algorithms toward developing a more representative, and therefore more robust, capacity for facial analysis. T
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