Development and evaluation of an expert system for egg sorting

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-116

  Patel, V C ^a   McClendon, R W ^a   Goodrum, J W ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Computational intelligence; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFECTS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

EGG SORTING;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032126654     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(98)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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