ANN backcalculation of pavement profiles from the SASW test

Geotechnical Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 98, 2000, Pages 31-50

  Gucunski, N ^a   Abdallah, I N ^b   Nazarian, S ^b  

^a the state University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKPROPAGATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOIL TESTING; STIFFNESS;

SYNTHETIC DISPERSION;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 0033699568     PISSN: 08950563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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