Application of a back-propagation artificial neural network to regional grid-based geoid model generation using GPS and leveling data

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-89

  Lin, Lao Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geoid; Global positioning; Height; Neural networks; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKPROPAGATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELLIPSOIDAL HEIGHT; ORTHOMETRIC HEIGHT; REGIONAL GRID-BASED GEOID MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOCENTRIC COORDINATE;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; GEODESY; GEOID; GPS; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LEVELING; SURVEYING;

EID: 34247262627     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9453(2007)133:2(81)     Document Type: Article

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