Development of a diagnostic expert system for eddy current data analysis using applied artificial intelligence methods

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Upadhyaya, B R ^a   Yan, W ^a   Behravesh, M M ^b   Henry, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EPRINDE Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; ERROR DETECTION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS;

DIAGNOSTIC EXPERT SYSTEMS;

STEAM GENERATORS;

EID: 0033339474     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00162-4     Document Type: Article

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