García Mateos, Ginés

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Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Informática y Sistemas

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Systematic mapping study on remote sensing in agriculture
(MDPI, 2020-05-17) García Berná, José Alberto; Ouhbi, Sofia; Benmouna, Brahim; García Mateos, Ginés; Fernández Alemán, José Luis; Molina Martínez, José Miguel; Informática y Sistemas
The area of remote sensing techniques in agriculture has reached a significant degree of development and maturity, with numerous journals, conferences, and organizations specialized in it. Moreover, many review papers are available in the literature. The present work describes a literature review that adopts the form of a systematic mapping study, following a formal methodology. Eight mapping questions were defined, analyzing the main types of research, techniques, platforms, topics, and spectral information. A predefined search string was applied in the Scopus database, obtaining 1590 candidate papers. Afterwards, the most relevant 106 papers were selected, considering those with more than six citations per year. These are analyzed in more detail, answering the mapping questions for each paper. In this way, the current trends and new opportunities are discovered. As a result, increasing interest in the area has been observed since 2000; the most frequently addressed problems are those related to parameter estimation, growth vigor, and water usage, using classification techniques, that are mostly applied on RGB and hyperspectral images, captured from drones and satellites. A general recommendation that emerges from this study is to build on existing resources, such as agricultural image datasets, public satellite imagery, and deep learning toolkits.
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Convolutional neural networks for estimating the ripening state of fuji apples using visible and near-infrared spectroscopy
(Springer , 2022-07-18) Benmouna, Brahim; García Mateos, Ginés; Sabzi, Sajad; Fernández Beltrán, Rubén; Parras Burgos, Dolores; Molina Martínez, José Miguel; Informática y Sistemas; Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Informática
The quality of fresh apple fruits is a major concern for consumers and manufacturers. Classification of these fruits according to their ripening stage is one of the most decisive factors in determining their quality. In this regard, the aim of this work is to develop a new method for non-destructive classification of the ripening state of Fuji apples using hyperspectral information in the visible and near-infrared (Vis/NIR) regions. Spectra of 172 apple samples in the range from 450 to 1000 nm were studied, which were selected from four different ripening stages. A convolutional neural network (CNN) model was proposed to perform the classification of the samples. The proposed method was compared with three alternative methods based on artificial neural networks (ANN), support vector machines (SVM), and k-nearest neighbors (KNN). The results revealed that the CNN method outperformed the alternative methods, achieving a correct classification rate (CCR) of 96.5%, compared with an average of 89.5%, 95.93%, and 91.68% for ANN, SVM, and KNN, respectively. These results will help in the development of a new device for fast and accurate estimation of the quality of apples.
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Estimation of nitrogen content in cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus L.) leaves using hyperspectral imaging data with neural network and partial least squares regressions
(Elsevier, 2021-10-15) Sabzi, Sajad; Pourdarbani, Razieh; Rohban, Mohammad H.; García Mateos, Ginés; Arribas, J. I.; Informática y Sistemas; Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Informática
In recent years, farmers have often mistakenly resorted to overuse of chemical fertilizers to increase crop yield. However, excessive consumption of fertilizers might lead to severe food poisoning. If nutritional deficiencies are detected early, it can help farmers to design better fertigation practices before the problem becomes unsolvable. The aim of this study is to predict the amount of nitrogen (N) content in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L., var. Super Arshiya-F1) plant leaves using hyperspectral imaging (HSI) techniques and three different regression methods: a hybrid artificial neural networks-particle swarm optimization (ANN-PSO); partial least squares regression (PLSR); and unidimensional deep learning convolutional neural networks (CNN). Cucumber plant seeds were planted in 20 different pots. After growing the plants, pots were categorized and three levels of nitrogen overdose were applied to each category: 30%, 60% and 90% excesses, called N30%, N60%, N90%, respectively. HSI images of plant leaves were captured before and after the application of nitrogen excess. A prediction regression model was developed for each individual category. Results showed that mean regression coefficients (R) for ANN-PSO were inside 0.937–0.965, PLSR 0.975–0.997, and CNN 0.965–0.985 ranges, test set. We conclude that regression models have a remarkable ability to accurately predict the amount of nitrogen content in cucumber plants from hyperspectral leaf images in a non-destructive way, being PLSR slightly ahead of CNN and ANN-PSO methods.
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Estimation of different ripening stages of Fuji apples using image processing and spectroscopy based on the majority voting method
(Elsevier , 2020-09-01) Pourdarbani, Razieh; Sabzi, Sajad; Kalantari, Davood; Paliwal, Jitendra; Benmouna, Brahim; García Mateos, Ginés; Molina Martínez, José Miguel; Informática y Sistemas; Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Informática
Non-destructive determination of the different stages of fruit ripening has important advantages over traditional methods, such as selective robotic harvesting or adapting fertilization operations depending on the ripening stage. In this regard, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the non-destructive estimation of the ripening stages of Fuji apples combining different classifiers with the majority voting (MV) method. This process is based on five constituent classifiers, including hybrids of artificial neural network (ANN) classifiers adjusted with the genetic algorithm, the particle swarm optimization algorithm and the firefly algorithm, and classifiers based on support vector machines, and the k-nearest neighbor algorithm. The input of the MV classifiers consists of four alternatives: (1) color data extracted from the second channel of L*a*b* color space, and the hue angle in L*a*b*; and multispectral data including wavelengths ranging: (2) from 465 to 485 nm; (3) from 675 to 700 nm; and (4) from 870 to 890 nm. The first two ranges are in the visible spectrum, while the second is within the near-infrared. To evaluate the reliability of the MV method, the classification procedure was repeated 1000 times with different seeds. In order to assess the obtained performance, the proposed method has been compared with an alternative technique based on an ANN classifier, in this case using all the spectral data in the range from 450 to 1000 nm, and with the hyperparameters adjusted by a grid search. The results indicate that the correct classification rate of the MV method using color data, and using spectral data from 465 to 485 nm, 675 to 700 nm, and 870 to 890 nm were 95.12%, 99.37%, 97.56% and 97.80% respectively, while the correct classification rate of the ANN method including all the spectral data from 450 to 1000 nm reached an average classification of 92.12%. Thus, the optimal selection is the MV method using spectral information from 465 to 485 nm, which is able to achieve a very accurate result, feasible to be used in practical applications.
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Comparison of 2D and 3D convolutional neural networks in hyperspectral image analysis of fruits applied to orange bruise detection
(Wiley, 2023-10-25) Pourdarbani, Raziyeh; Sabzi, Sajad; Zohrabi, Reihaneh; García Mateos, Ginés; Fernández Beltrán, Rubén; Molina Martínez, José Miguel; Rohban, Mohammad H.; Informática y Sistemas; Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Informática
Recent advances in hyperspectral imaging (HSI) have demonstrated its ability to detect defects in fruit that may not be visible in RGB images. HSIs can be considered 3D images containing two spatial dimensions and one spectral dimension. Therefore, the first question that arises is how to process this type of information, either using 2D or 3D models. In this study, HSI in the 550–900 nm spectral range was used to detect bruising in oranges. Sixty samples of Thompson oranges were subjected to a mechanical bruising process, and HSIs were taken at different time intervals: before bruising, and 8 and 16 h after bruising. The samples were then classified using two convolutional neural network (CNN) models, a shallow 7-layer network (CNN-7) and a deep 18-layer network (CNN-18). In addition, two different input processing approaches are used: using 2D information from each band, and using the full 3D data from each HSI. The 3D models were the most accurate, with 94% correct classification for 3D-CNN-18, compared to 90% for 3D-CNN-7, and less than 83% for the 2D models. Our study suggests that 3D HSI may be a more effective technique for detecting fruit bruising, allowing the development of a fast, accurate, and nondestructive method for fruit sorting.
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A mapping study of ensemble classification methods in lung cancer decision support systems
(Springer Nature, 2020-07-03) Mohamed Hosni; García Mateos, Ginés; Carrillo de Gea, Juan Manuel; Ali Idri; Fernández Alemán, José Luis; Informática y Sistemas; Facultad de Informática
Achieving a high level of classification accuracy in medical datasets is a capital need for researchers to provide effective decision systems to assist doctors in work. In many domains of artificial intelligence, ensemble classification methods are able to improve the performance of single classifiers. This paper reports the state of the art of ensemble classification methods in lung cancer detection. We have performed a systematic mapping study to identify the most interesting papers concerning this topic. A total of 65 papers published between 2000 and 2018 were selected after an automatic search in four digital libraries and a careful selection process. As a result, it was observed that diagnosis was the task most commonly studied; homogeneous ensembles and decision trees were the most frequently adopted for constructing ensembles; and the majority voting rule was the predominant combination rule. Few studies considered the parameters tuning of the techniques used. These findings open several perspectives for researchers to enhance lung cancer research by addressing the identified gaps, such as investigating different classification methods, proposing other heterogeneous ensemble methods, and using new combination rules.
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Using metaheuristic algorithms to improve the estimation of acidity in Fuji apples using NIR spectroscopy
(Elsevier , 2022-11-01) Pourdarbani, Razieh; Sabzi, Sajad; Rohban, Mohammad H.; García Mateos, Ginés; Paliwal, Jitendra; Molina‑Martínez, José Miguel; Informática y Sistemas; Facultades de la UMU::Facultad de Informática
This study focuses on the spectrochemical estimation of pH and titratable acidity (TA) of apples of Fuji variety at different stages of ripening. A novel approach is proposed for near-infrared (NIR) spectral analysis using hybrid machine learning methods that combine artificial neural networks (ANN) and metaheuristic algorithms. One hundred twenty samples were collected at three ripening stages and spectral data within two bands of NIR were extracted from each sample to predict the acidity properties. Alternatively, the 4 most effective wavelengths were also selected using a hybrid of ANN and the cultural algorithm. The experimental results prove that the models using spectral bands and the 4 most effective wavelengths are comparable, with a correlation coefficient, R, of 0.926 for the prediction of pH and 0.925 for TA using spectral bands, while for the second approach the R obtained were 0.924 and 0.920 for pH and TA, respectively. The models could not accurately predict extremely high or low pH and TA values, due to the clusters that formed after regression. However, for a classification problem in low/high acidity, both approaches were able to achieve a high accuracy of 100% for pH and 99.2% for TA.
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Shadow detection using a cross-attentional dual-decoder network with self-supervised image reconstruction features
(Elsevier, 2024-02-02) Fernández Beltrán, Rubén; Guzmán Ponce, Angélica; Fernandez, Rafael; Kang, Jian; García Mateos, Ginés; Informática y Sistemas; Facultad de Informática
Shadow detection is a challenging problem in computer vision due to the high variability in lighting conditions, object shapes, and scene layouts. Despite the positive results achieved by some existing technologies, the problem becomes particularly challenging with complex and heterogeneous images where shadow-casting objects coexist and shadows can have different depths, scales, and morphologies. As a result, more advanced and accurate solutions are still needed to deal with this type of complexities. To address these challenges, this paper proposes a novel deep learning model, called the Cross-Attentional Dual Decoder Network (CADDN), to improve shadow detection by using fine-grained image reconstruction features. Unlike other existing methods, the CADDN uses an innovative encoder-decoder architecture with two decoder segments that work together to reconstruct the input images and their corresponding shadow masks. In this way, the features used to reconstruct the original input image can be used to support the shadow detection process itself. The proposed model also incorporates a cross-attention mechanism to weight the most relevant features for detecting shadows and skip connections with noise to improve the quality of the transferred features. The experimental results, including several benchmark image datasets and state-of-the-art detection methods, demonstrate the suitability of the presented approach for detecting shadows in computer vision applications.