Bayesian classification of ripening stages of tomato fruit using acoustic impact and colorimeter sensor data

  • Authors:
  • Arturo Baltazar;Jorge Isidro Aranda;Gustavo González-Aguilar

  • Affiliations:
  • Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados, CINVESTAV-Saltillo, Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Program, Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico;Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico;Centro de Investigación de Alimentos y Desarrollo, A.C. (CIAD), Tecnología en Alimentos de Origen Vegetal, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In this work, the concept of data fusion is applied to nondestructive testing data for classification of fresh intact tomatoes based on their ripening stages. A Bayesian classifier considering a multivariate, three-class problem was incorporated for data fusion. Probability of error was estimated numerically for univariate and multivariate cases based on Bhattacharyya distance. Numerical results showed that multi-sensorial data fusion reduces the classification error considerably. The Bayesian classifier was tested on data of tomato fruits taken by the following nondestructive tests: colorimeter and acoustic impact. Results of Bayesian classifier agree with numerical estimations showing an 11% classification error in the multivariate (multi-sensor) case compared with a 48% obtained by the univariate case (single sensor).