Modeling product recovery in relation to selected tree characteristics in black spruce using an optimized random sawing simulator

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 93-99

  Zhang, S Y ^a,c   Liu, Chuangmin ^a   Jiang, Z H ^b  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR (MAE); ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR (RMSE); SAWING SIMULATOR;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; SAWING;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; SAWING;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 33846517418     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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