Automatic identification of insects
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Key Words:automatic identification, insect, character
Abstract: Automatic identification of insects is an important and emerging area of research. With many advantages such as of direct, rapid and convenient, this technology has been more and more paid attention. Insect is the biggest biological group of the world. Routine identification is a time\|consuming work nevertheless the number of taxonomy experts is decreasing. In recent years, advances in automatic identification of insects have suggested an attractive solution to this dilemma. Many taxonomy experts explored the methods and theories of automatic identification of insects and some software were developed. This paper introduced the principles of automatic identification, classified the methods of automatic identification of insects, presented and analyzed the difficulties, and gave some solutions.