A trial of artificial neural networks for automatically estimating the age of fish

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-82

  Robertson, Simon G ^a   Morison, Alexander K ^a  

^a Mar and Freshw Resources Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FISH;

ACANTHOPAGRUS BUTCHERI; MACRURONUS NOVAEZELANDIAE; PAGRUS AURATUS;

EID: 0033020398     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98039     Document Type: Article

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