Incorporation of phenomenological models in a hybrid neural network for quality control of injection molding

Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-18

  Petrova, Tatiana ^a   Kazmer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Hybrid neural networks; Injection molding process control; On line quality control

Indexed keywords

QUALITY CONTROL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLASTIC PARTS; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL;

HYBRID NEURAL NETWORK;

INJECTION MOLDING;

DESIGN; INJECTION MOLDING; NEURAL NETWORK; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0033084108     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559909351556     Document Type: Article

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