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Generally, there is a tradeoff between quality and computational workload required to obtain that quality. In this paper, we focus on practical issues in implementing a pig activity monitoring system. We first propose a method for evaluating the quality-workload tradeoff in the activity monitoring application. Then, we derive the cost-effective solution within the acceptable range of quality for the activity monitoring application. Based on the experiments with the video monitoring data obtained from a pig farm, our method can derive the cost-effective resolution size and frame rate without degrading the accuracy significantly.
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Kim, H., Chung, Y., Lee, S., Chung, Y., Park, D. (2014). Quality-Workload Tradeoff in Pig Activity Monitoring Application. In: Park, J., Adeli, H., Park, N., Woungang, I. (eds) Mobile, Ubiquitous, and Intelligent Computing. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 274. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40675-1_17
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