Development of a support vector machine-based navigation system for driving a mobile robot through paths in plantations

The use of mobile robots turns out to be interesting in activities where the action of human specialist is difficult or dangerous. Mobile robots are often used for the exploration in areas of difficult access, such as rescue operations and space missions, to avoid human experts exposition to risky situations. Mobile robots are also used in agriculture for planting tasks as well as for keeping the application of pesticides within minimal amounts to mitigate environmental pollution. In this paper we present the development of a system to control the navigation of an autonomous mobile robot through tracks in plantations. Track images are used to control robot direction by preprocessing them to extract image features. Such features are then submitted to a support vector machine in order to find out the most appropriate route. The overall goal of the project to which this work is connected is to develop a real time robot control system to be embedded into a hardware platform. In this paper we report the software implementation of a support vector machine, which so far presented around 93% accuracy in predicting the appropriate route. © 2012 IEEE.

Income distribution and poverty through crisis and adjustment

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Informe de la Reunión sobre Crisis Externa: Proceso de Ajuste y su Impacto Inmediato y de Largo Plazo en el Desarrollo Social: ¿Qué hacer? = Report of the Meeting on Possible Measure to Deal with the Immediate and Long-term Impact on Social Development of the External Crisis and the Adjustment Process

Informe de la reunion que tuvo por objetivo: 1) considerar estrategias y propuestas de accion para superar la pobreza y lograr un desarrollo social armonico con el desarrollo economico; y 2) promover un analisis de la situacion del desarrollo social en la region, y especificamente de la naturaleza y caracteristicas de la pobreza en el marco de los factores estructurales y de los factores derivados del proceso de ajuste a la crisis externa.

Internal debt and financial adjustment in Peru

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External restriction and adjustment: options and policies in Latin America

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Review of the theoretical approaches to external adjustment and their relevance for Latin America

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Crisis, adjustment policies and agriculture

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Argentina: crisis, adjustment policies and agricultural development, 1980-1985

Analiza las tendencias dominantes en la agricultura y en la economia hasta la crisis de los anos 70, los programas de ajuste y sus efectos en el sector, y algunas consideraciones acerca de los principales desafios y el papel que le corresponderia a la agricultura en ellos.

The external crisis, adjustment policies and agricultural development in Brazil

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Colombia: effects of the adjustment policy on agricultural development

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Costa Rica: crisis, adjustment policies and rural development

Analiza la situacion del sector agropecuario costarricense hasta la decada del 70, los problemas estructurales que mostro el patron de desarrollo seguido, las manifestaciones de la crisis y las caracteristicas de las principales politicas de ajuste que se adoptaron en 1982, asi como el impacto de estas medidas en la agricultura.

Chile: effects of the adjustment policies on the agriculture and forestry sector

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Ecuador: crisis and adjustment policies: their effect on agriculture

Analiza los efectos en el producto y otras variables economicas de la conmocion del petroleo en el decenio de 1970; la crisis financiera y las politicas de ajuste de la decada de 1980; y algunos cambios importantes en la estructura de la produccion agropecuaria en el periodo 1970-1985 en Ecuador.

Mexico: study on the financial crisis, the adjustment policies and agricultural development

Se pasa revista al desarrollo de la economia mexicana en general y del sector agropecuario en particular, desde la segunda guerra mundial hasta la crisis de 1982.

External events, domestic policies and structural adjustment

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