Computer-aided design for optimum concrete mixtures

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-202

  Yeh, I Cheng ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Concrete; Mixture; Neural networks; Optimization; Workability

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETES; CONSTRAINT THEORY; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONCRETE COMPOSITION; OPTIMIZATION FORMULATION; WORKABILITY;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 33846566916     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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