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This paper presents iForestFire, an Environmental Monitoring Information System for forest fire protection. The system is composed of several components, each having a particular function. Automatic fire detection is a crucial component of the system. It is based on various complex image processing algorithms. Complexity of the system also emerges from integration, based on multi agent technology, of different environment information. The presented system contributes to the environment protection and is in use in Croatia for several years.
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Stula, M., Krstinic, D. & Seric, L. Intelligent forest fire monitoring system. Inf Syst Front 14, 725–739 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-011-9299-8
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