Artificial intelligence application to bridge painting assessment

Automation in Construction

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-445

  Chen, Po Han ^a   Chang, Luh Maan ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network (ANN); Fuzzy adjustment; Iterated conditional modes (ICM); Multiresolution pattern classification (MPC); Neuro fuzzy recognition approach (NFRA)

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FUZZY SETS; LIGHTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PAINTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ITERATED CONDITIONAL MODES (ICM);

STEEL BRIDGES;

EID: 0038823665     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-5805(03)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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