On-line control of apparent density: Computer simulation and analysis

International Journal of Powder Metallurgy (Princeton, New Jersey)

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 47-X

  Smith, Lyndon N ^a   Midha, Prem S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

REGRESSION CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; VISION SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

IRON POWDER METALLURGY;

EID: 0032050757     PISSN: 08887462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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