Estimation of Hardgrove grindability index of Turkish coals by neural networks

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 93-100

  Özbayoǧlu, Gülhan ^a   Özbayoǧlu, A Murat ^b   Özbayoǧlu, M Evren ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hardgrove grindability index; Neural networks; Non linear regression; Petrographic analysis; Proximate analysis; Turkish coals

Indexed keywords

NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HARDGROVE GRINDABILITY INDEX; NONLINEAR REGRESSION; PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; PROXIMATE ANALYSIS; TURKISH COALS;

BITUMINOUS COAL;

EID: 37549050498     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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