ribs against standardized beef marbling standard
(BMS) images which are being classi®ed into
twelve categories. The process for a grader to determine
the score of beef marbling can only take a
few seconds. At present, the score of beef marbling
is largely determined by the subjective experience
of the graders. It is possible that dierent graders
might give dierent scores. Based upon the present
routine on grading beef marbling, the following
two functions are required for the system that
supports graders: