Prediction of laser butt joint welding parameters using back propagation and learning vector quantization networks

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 207-218

  Jeng, Jeng Ywan ^a   Mau, Tzuoh Fei ^b   Leu, Shyeu Ming ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c AEROSPACE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; BUTT WELDING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION; WELDS;

LEARNING VECTOR QUANTIZATION (LVQ); WELDING AUTOMATION;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 0033879015     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(99)00424-0     Document Type: Article

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