Learning networks in rainfall estimation

Computational Management Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-251

  Trafalis, Theodore B ^a   Santosa, Budi ^a   Richman, Michael B ^b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Kernel functions; Radar; Rainfall estimation; Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944439719     PISSN: 1619697X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10287-005-0026-0     Document Type: Article

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