Evaluating AI for Palm Tree Disease Detection: A Comparative Study of YOLOv8 Object Detection and U-Net Segmentation Using UAV Imagery

Hammadi, Ayoub; Essajai, Ikram; El Kihal, Chaimaa; Zerrouk, Soukaina; Mahi, Iliasse; Samdaoui, Chaimae; Maanan, Mohamed; Rhinane, Hassan; Zingraff-Hamed, Aude; Maanan, Mehdi

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Evaluating AI for Palm Tree Disease Detection: A Comparative Study of YOLOv8 Object Detection and U-Net Segmentation Using UAV Imagery

Ayoub Hammadi, Ikram Essajai, Chaimaa El Kihal, Soukaina Zerrouk, Iliasse Mahi, Chaimae Samdaoui, Mohamed Maanan, Hassan Rhinane, Aude Zingraff-Hamed, and Mehdi Maanan

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