A model for evaluation of laser welding efficiency and quality using an artificial neural network and fuzzy logic

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 218, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 641-646

  Casalino, G ^a   Minutolo, F Memola Capece ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

C means clustering; Efficiency and quality evaluation; Laser welding; Neural network parameter selection

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FUZZY SETS; HEATING; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; QUALITY CONTROL;

C-MEANS CLUSTERING; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY EVALUATION; NEURAL NETWORK PARAMETER SELECTION;

LASER BEAM WELDING;

EID: 26244457762     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: 09544054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405041167112     Document Type: Article

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