Improving neural network models of physical systems through dimensional analysis

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-296

  Gunaratnam, David J ^a   Degroff, Taivas ^a   Gero, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concise models; Dimensional analysis; Functional link; Neural networks; Physical systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONCISE MODELS; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL LINKS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 15944373500     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-4946(02)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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