A dynamic neural network aggregation model for transient diagnosis in nuclear power plants

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 262-272

  Mo, Kun ^a   Lee, Seung Jun ^a   Seong, Poong Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accident diagnosis; Operator support system; Severity analysis

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ACCIDENT DIAGNOSIS; DYNAMIC NEURAL NETWORK AGGREGATION (DNNA); OPERATOR SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SEVERITY ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 34047255902     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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