Modeling of TIG welding and abrasive flow machining processes using radial basis function networks

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 937-952

  Mollah, Asfak Ali ^a   Pratihar, Dilip Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

AFM; Back propagation; GA; RBFN; TIG welding

Indexed keywords

ABRASIVES; BACKPROPAGATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MACHINING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; TUNGSTEN;

ABRASIVE FLOW MACHINING (AFM); TUNGSTEN INERT GAS (TIG) WELDING;

GAS METAL ARC WELDING;

EID: 44449122862     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-007-1026-8     Document Type: Article

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