Nuclear Spectral Analysis via Artificial Neural Networks for Waste Handling

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 709-715

  Keller, Paul E ^a   Kangas, Lars J ^a   Troyer, Gary L ^b   Hashem, Sherif ^a   Kouzes, Richard T ^c  

^a Westinghouse Hanford Company ^*

^b Westinghouse Hanford Company   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR RADIATION SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; PHOTODETECTORS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ALPHA PARTICLE ENERGY SPECTRA; NUCLEAR SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL LINEAR ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; PHOTO PEAKS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0029358333     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467888     Document Type: Article

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