Designing polymer blends using neural networks, genetic algorithms, and Markov Chains

Applied Intelligence

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-229

  Roy, Nilay K ^a,b   Potter, Walter D ^a   Landau, David P ^b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Markov Chains; Neural networks; Polymer blends

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEURAL NETWORKS; POLYMERIC GLASS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOLUBILITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMICS; VECTORS;

NETWORK TRAINING; POLYMER PROPERTIES; SOLVENT BLENDING TECHNIQUE; THERMAL PRESSURE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 3543150641     PISSN: 0924669X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APIN.0000021414.50728.34     Document Type: Article

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