Use of a probabilistic neural network to reduce costs of selecting construction rock

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-140

  Singer, Donald A ^a   Bliss, James D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate; Classification; Industrial minerals; Probabilistic neural network

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748156827     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024266829365     Document Type: Article

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