Application of design parameters space search for belt conveyor design

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 617-629

  Tsalidis, S S ^a   Dentsoras, A J ^a   Maresca, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Belt conveyors; Design space; Searching

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DESIGN PARAMETERS SPACE SEARCH TECHNIQUE;

BELT CONVEYORS;

EID: 0031365282     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0952-1976(97)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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