Effects of learning parameters and data presentation on the performance of backpropagation networks for milk yield prediction

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 253-259

  Salehi, F ^a   Lacroix, R ^a   Wade, K M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Backpropagation; Learning parameters; Milk yield; Prediction

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; DATA REDUCTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

MILK YIELD PREDICTION;

MILKING MACHINES;

EID: 0031956801     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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