An ANN-based element extraction method for automatic mesh generation

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 193-206

  Yao, S ^a   Yan, B ^a   Chen, B ^a   Zeng, Y ^a  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Element extraction; Evolution of rules; Mesh generation; Quadrilateral mesh

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKPROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELEMENT EXTRACTION; EVOLUTION OF RULES; MESH GENERATION; QUADRILATERAL MESH;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 16244390001     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2005.01.019     Document Type: Article

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