{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7154940993","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103780","title":"Low cost, high efficiency: LiDAR place recognition in vineyards with Matryoshka Representation Learning","display_name":"Low cost, high efficiency: LiDAR place recognition in vineyards with Matryoshka Representation Learning","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-04-20","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7154940993","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103780"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103780","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103780","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S195809937","display_name":"Ecological Informatics","issn_l":"1574-9541","issn":["1574-9541","1878-0512"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Ecological Informatics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["arxiv","crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103780","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5134075633","display_name":"Judith Vilella-Cantos","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7220-7963"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I111262870","display_name":"Universitat de Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez d'Elx","ror":"https://ror.org/01azzms13","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I111262870"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Judith Vilella-Cantos","raw_affiliation_strings":["University Institute for Engineering Research, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Edificio Innova, Elche, 03202, Alicante, Spain"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7220-7963","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University Institute for Engineering Research, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Edificio Innova, Elche, 03202, Alicante, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I111262870"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5134042721","display_name":"Mauro Martini","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177477856","display_name":"Politecnico di Torino","ror":"https://ror.org/00bgk9508","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177477856"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mauro Martini","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electronics and Communications, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electronics and Communications, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177477856"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5134086463","display_name":"Marcello Chiaberge","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177477856","display_name":"Politecnico di Torino","ror":"https://ror.org/00bgk9508","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177477856"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Marcello Chiaberge","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electronics and Communications, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electronics and Communications, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, 10129, Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177477856"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5066708156","display_name":"M\u00f3nica Ballesta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8029-5085"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I111262870","display_name":"Universitat de Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez d'Elx","ror":"https://ror.org/01azzms13","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I111262870"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"M\u00f3nica Ballesta","raw_affiliation_strings":["University Institute for Engineering Research, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Edificio Innova, Elche, 03202, Alicante, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University Institute for Engineering Research, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Edificio Innova, Elche, 03202, Alicante, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I111262870"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5134007993","display_name":"David Valiente","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I111262870","display_name":"Universitat de Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez d'Elx","ror":"https://ror.org/01azzms13","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I111262870"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"David Valiente","raw_affiliation_strings":["University Institute for Engineering Research, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Edificio Innova, Elche, 03202, Alicante, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University Institute for Engineering Research, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, Edificio Innova, Elche, 03202, Alicante, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I111262870"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5134075633"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I111262870"],"apc_list":{"value":2510,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2510},"apc_paid":{"value":2510,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2510},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.8224012,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"95","issue":null,"first_page":"103780","last_page":"103780"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10616","display_name":"Smart Agriculture and AI","score":0.8382999897003174,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10616","display_name":"Smart Agriculture and AI","score":0.8382999897003174,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11796","display_name":"Horticultural and Viticultural Research","score":0.03200000151991844,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12321","display_name":"Insect Pheromone Research and Control","score":0.020899999886751175,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1109","display_name":"Insect Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/representation","display_name":"Representation (politics)","score":0.4648999869823456},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lidar","display_name":"Lidar","score":0.4223000109195709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/feature","display_name":"Feature (linguistics)","score":0.2921000123023987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/feature-learning","display_name":"Feature learning","score":0.29089999198913574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pattern-recognition","display_name":"Pattern recognition (psychology)","score":0.271699994802475}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6762999892234802},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62649853","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199687","display_name":"Remote sensing","level":1,"score":0.5817999839782715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4674000144004822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776359362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2145286","display_name":"Representation (politics)","level":3,"score":0.4648999869823456},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C51399673","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504027","display_name":"Lidar","level":2,"score":0.4223000109195709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.334199994802475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776401178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12050496","display_name":"Feature (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.2921000123023987},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59404180","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17013334","display_name":"Feature learning","level":2,"score":0.29089999198913574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153180895","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7148389","display_name":"Pattern recognition (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.271699994802475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.25429999828338623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.25189998745918274}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103780","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103780","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S195809937","display_name":"Ecological Informatics","issn_l":"1574-9541","issn":["1574-9541","1878-0512"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Ecological Informatics","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2601.18714","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.18714","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.18714","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103780","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103780","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S195809937","display_name":"Ecological Informatics","issn_l":"1574-9541","issn":["1574-9541","1878-0512"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Ecological Informatics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":20,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2951019013","https://openalex.org/W2963125977","https://openalex.org/W2963708168","https://openalex.org/W2986519585","https://openalex.org/W3026388681","https://openalex.org/W3120082156","https://openalex.org/W3132005273","https://openalex.org/W3175718980","https://openalex.org/W3192680689","https://openalex.org/W4211154833","https://openalex.org/W4214922734","https://openalex.org/W4225410179","https://openalex.org/W4361294616","https://openalex.org/W4385548955","https://openalex.org/W4390480755","https://openalex.org/W4391924270","https://openalex.org/W4396903381","https://openalex.org/W4401845125","https://openalex.org/W4403182155","https://openalex.org/W4416543425"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Localization":[0],"in":[1,22,40,61,91,165,168],"agricultural":[2,17],"environments":[3,63],"is":[4,37,145,162],"challenging":[5],"due":[6],"to":[7,65,87],"their":[8],"unstructured":[9],"nature":[10],"and":[11,28,68,84,108,139],"lack":[12],"of":[13,25,44,101,123],"distinctive":[14],"landmarks.":[15],"Although":[16],"settings":[18],"have":[19],"been":[20],"studied":[21],"the":[23,30,41,45,102,121,124],"context":[24],"object":[26],"classification":[27],"segmentation,":[29],"place":[31],"recognition":[32],"task":[33],"for":[34,148,179,195],"mobile":[35],"robots":[36],"not":[38],"trivial":[39],"current":[42],"state":[43],"art.":[46],"In":[47],"this":[48,129],"study,":[49],"we":[50,95],"propose":[51],"MinkUNeXt-VINE,":[52],"a":[53,97,151],"lightweight,":[54],"deep-learning-based":[55],"method":[56,75],"that":[57],"surpasses":[58],"state-of-the-art":[59],"methods":[60],"vineyard":[62,112],"thanks":[64],"its":[66,134],"pre-processing":[67],"Matryoshka":[69,183],"Representation":[70,184],"Learning":[71,185],"multi-loss":[72],"approach.":[73],"Our":[74],"prioritizes":[76],"enhanced":[77],"performance":[78,136],"with":[79],"low-cost,":[80],"sparse":[81,196],"LiDAR":[82,116],"inputs":[83],"lower-dimensionality":[85],"outputs":[86],"ensure":[88,193],"high":[89],"efficiency":[90,122],"real-time":[92],"scenarios.":[93],"Additionally,":[94],"present":[96],"comprehensive":[98],"ablation":[99],"study":[100],"results":[103,119],"on":[104,137,150],"various":[105],"evaluation":[106],"cases":[107],"two":[109],"extensive":[110],"long-term":[111],"datasets":[113],"employing":[114],"different":[115],"sensors.":[117,200],"The":[118,143],"demonstrate":[120],"trade-off":[125],"output":[126],"produced":[127],"by":[128],"approach,":[130],"as":[131,133],"well":[132],"robust":[135],"low-cost":[138,199],"low-resolution":[140],"input":[141],"data.":[142],"code":[144],"publicly":[146],"available":[147],"reproduction":[149],"Github":[152],"repository.":[153],"1":[154,155],"https://github.com/JudithV/MinkUNeXt-VINE":[156],".":[157],"\u2022":[158,171,182,190],"3D":[159],"coordinate":[160],"precision":[161],"more":[163],"critical":[164],"vineyards":[166],"than":[167],"urban":[169],"environments.":[170],"Simpler":[172],"deep":[173],"learning":[174],"models":[175],"create":[176],"effective":[177],"descriptors":[178],"repetitive":[180],"settings.":[181],"boosts":[186],"global":[187],"descriptor":[188],"discriminativeness.":[189],"Multi-loss":[191],"functions":[192],"robustness":[194],"data":[197],"from":[198]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-05-05T08:41:31.759640","created_date":"2026-04-21T00:00:00"}