The Progress in the Application of Artificial Neural Network in the Field of Tea

As artificial neural network is employed in wider fields,it is one of the fastest developing information processing techniques in the field of artificial intelligence.This paper introduced the concept and characteristics of artificial neural network and the basic structure of BP neural network,as well as reviewed the application of artificial neural network in tea quality evaluation,classification,species and origin recognition,composition detection,yield prediction and so on.The paper also analyzed the problems on the application of artificial neural network in the tea production,and drew a blueprint for its future development.