Trends in computational intelligence in nuclear engineering

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 167-175

  Hines, J W ^a   Uhrig, R E ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Computation intelligence; Efficiency improvement; Intelligent agents; On line monitoring; Reactor noise analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONDITION MONITORING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS;

CURRENT GENERATION; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ON LINE MONITORING; REACTOR NOISE ANALYSIS; SPACE REACTORS;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 23344450810     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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