Variable retort temperature optimization using adaptive random search techniques

Food Control

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1023-1032

  Simpson, R ^a   Abakarov, A ^a   Teixeira, A ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Global optimization; Process optimization; Random search; Thermal process

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649194422     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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