Models for predicting product recovery using selected tree characteristics of black spruce

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 930-937

  Liu, Chuangmin ^a   Zhang, S Y ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PRODUCT RECOVERY; REGRESSION MODELS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STUD MILL SIMULATION;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; RECOVERY;

ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PICEA MARIANA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TREES;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 22744434626     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-025     Document Type: Article

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