Improving neural network prediction of amino acid levels in feed ingredients

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 983-991

  Cravener, Terri L ^a   Roush, William B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid profile; Artificial neural networks

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BONE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; MAIZE; MEAT; POULTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CALIBRATION; DATABASES; MEAT; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); POULTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SOYBEANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033162180     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.7.983     Document Type: Article

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