Prediction of foods freezing and thawing times: Artificial neural networks and genetic algorithm approach

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-178

  Goni S M ^a,b,c   Oddone, S ^d   Segura, J A ^b   Mascheroni, R H ^a,c   Salvadori, V O ^a,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN CRIOTECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CIDCA   (Argentina)

^b UNQ   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ARGENTINA DE LA EMPRESA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Food; Freezing time; Thawing time

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREEZING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

BIOT NUMBERS; FREEZING TIME; GENERALIZATION CAPACITY; THAWING TIMES;

FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 34547538498     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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