Application of neural network and time series techniques in wool growth modeling

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 139-144

  Hong, F ^a   Tan, J ^a   McCall, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Neural network; Recursive parameter estimation; Time series; Wool growth

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034104669     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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