Virtual instruments based on stacked neural networks to improve product quality monitoring in a refinery

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1889-1893

  Fortuna, L ^a   Giannone, P ^a   Graziani, S ^a   Xibilia, M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Industrial plants; Modeling; Neural networks; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ANTIKNOCK RATING; GASOLINE; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

MAINTENANCE PHASES; MODELING TECHNIQUES; VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 27844450766     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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