Prediction of amino acid profiles in feed ingredients: Genetic algorithm calibration of artificial neural networks

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 131-141

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Artificial neural networks; Feed formulation; Proximate analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035896997     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(01)00219-X     Document Type: Article

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