IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

Automated Grading of Tomatoes Using Artificial Intelligence: The Case of Zimbabwe

Automated Grading of Tomatoes Using Artificial Intelligence: The Case of Zimbabwe
View Sample PDF
Author(s): Tawanda Mushiri (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)and Liberty Tende (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 24
Source title: AI and Big Data’s Potential for Disruptive Innovation
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Moses Strydom (Emeritus, France)and Sheryl Buckley (University of South Africa, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9687-5.ch008

Purchase

View Automated Grading of Tomatoes Using Artificial Intelligence: The Case of Zimbabwe on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

The rate of production of horticultural produce had been seen increasing from the past century owing to the increase of population. Manual sorting and grading of tomatoes had become a challenge in market places and fruit processing firms since the demand of the fruit had increased. Considering grading of tomatoes, color is of major importance when it comes to the maturity of the tomatoes. Hence, there is a need to accurately classify them according to color. This process is very complicated, tiresome, and laborious when it is done manually by a human being. Apart from being labor-demanding, human sorting, and grading results in inaccuracy in classifying of tomatoes which is a loss to both the farmer and customer. This chapter had been prepared focusing on the automatic and effective tomato fruit grading system using artificial intelligence particularly using artificial neural network in Matlab. The system makes use of the image processing toolbox and the ANN toolbox to process and classify the tomatoes images according to color and size.

Related Content

Preethi, Sapna R., Mohammed Mujeer Ulla. © 2023. 16 pages.
Srividya P.. © 2023. 12 pages.
Preeti Sahu. © 2023. 15 pages.
Vandana Niranjan. © 2023. 23 pages.
S. Darwin, E. Fantin Irudaya Raj, M. Appadurai, M. Chithambara Thanu. © 2023. 33 pages.
Shankara Murthy H. M., Niranjana Rai, Ramakrishna N. Hegde. © 2023. 23 pages.
Jothimani K., Bhagya Jyothi K. L.. © 2023. 19 pages.
Body Bottom