Sorting sugi lumber by criteria determined with cluster analysis to improve drying

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 25-29

  Sugimori, Masatoshi ^a   Hayashi, K ^a   Takechi, Masanori ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ehime Prefectural Forest Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; GREEN SUGI LUMBER;

COLOR; DRYING; MOISTURE;

LUMBER;

COLOR; DRYING; LUMBER; MOISTURE CONTENT;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 33645142218     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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