Transformation of chord length distributions into particle size distributions using least squares techniques

Particulate Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 377-386

  Bloemen, H H J ^a   De Kroon, M G M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chord length distribution; Data interpretation; Least squares optimization; Shape discrimination; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

CHORD LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; LEAST SQUARES OPTIMIZATION; SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 31544467062     PISSN: 02726351     EISSN: 15480046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726350500212996     Document Type: Article

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