Shelf life determination using sensory evaluation scores: A general Weibull modeling approach

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 652-670

  Freitas, Marta A ^a   Costa, Josenete C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood; Sensory evaluations; Shelf life; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EVALUATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FOOD ATTRIBUTES; SENSORY EVALUATIONS; SHELF LIFE;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 33751195539     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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