In recent years, due to the shortage of timber resources, it has become necessary to reduce
the excessive consumption of forest resources. Non-destructive testing technology can …

Soft computing is an emerging field that consists of complementary elements of fuzzy logic,
neural computing and evolutionary computation. Soft computing techniques have found …

This book on the Nondestructive Characterization and Imaging of Wood by Professor
Voichita Bucur is truly the most outstanding reference on the subject ever written. Since the …

Artificial neural network models offer a number of advantages including the ability to
implicitly detect complex nonlinear relationships between input and output variables, which …

The utilization of pine trees bark is receiving increasing attention. For management
purposes, it is very useful to be able to estimate bark volume quantity of standing trees. This …

Wood defects are quickly identified from an optical image based on deep learning
methodology, which effectively improves wood utilization. Traditional neural network …

Eng. 42: 147-152. The objective of this study was to develop a backpropagation artificial
neural network (ANN) model that could distinguish young corn plants from weeds. Although …

In a plant that manufactures wood products, such as lumber, dimension stock, or veneer
sheets, inspection of the products is a necessary part of the production process. At present …

After a thorough investigation, the Editors-in-Chief have concluded that the acceptance of
this article was partly based upon the positive advice of at least one illegitimate reviewer …

A machine vision system was created to identify different types of tissue characteristics on
cherries. It consists of an enhanced NIR range vidicon black and white camera (sensing …