Approximating the sheep milk production curve through the use of artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2653-2670

  Torres, Mercedes ^a   Hervás, Cesar ^a   Amador, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Extended Delta Bar Delta; Gamma function; Genetic algorithms; Non linear regression; Pruning algorithms

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE LEARNING PROCESS; GAMMA FUNCTIONS; PRUNING ALGORITHMS; SHEEP MILK PRODUCTION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 13544274196     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2004.06.025     Document Type: Article

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