Prediction of Energetic Solar Particle Event Dose-Time Profiles Using Artificial Neural Networks

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 2296-2300

  Hoff, J L ^a,b   Townsend, L W ^c   Hines, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Cosmic rays; Dosimetry; Neural network applications; Radiation monitoring; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; HEAT FLUX; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIATION SHIELDING; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT;

RADIATION MONITORING; SLIDING TIME DELAY NEURAL NETWORK (STDNN); SOLAR PARTICLE EVENTS (SPE);

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 1242333062     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.821817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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