Section: Software and Platforms

Odisseptale: a software for implementing and evaluating sanitary event detectors in cattle

Odisseptale is a software for implementing disease detectors using monitoring of data provided by sensors placed on calves or cows. Sensors record streams of data such as body temperature, physical activity, feeding behavior, etc. These data are transmitted regularly to a monitoring software that aims to detect if a noticeable change has occurred on the data streams. Several detectors can be simultaneously active and each contribute to the final decision (detection of a disease). Two kinds of detectors have been implemented: a generic detector based on adaptive CUSUM and a symbolic pattern-based detector. Odisseptale provides also facilities for parameter setting and performance evaluation. This year, the software has been re-implemented in Python for enhanced portability and dissemination.