Pork Carcass Composition Derived from a Neural Network Model of Electromagnetic Scans

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-22

  Berg, Eric P ^b   Engel, Bernard A ^a   Forrest, John C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass Composition; Neural Networks; Pigmeat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOOD INDUSTRY; MEAT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; LINEAR MODELS; MEAT; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SWINE;

EID: 0031607663     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76118x     Document Type: Article

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