A neural network-based approach for dynamic quality prediction in a plastic injection molding process

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 843-849

  Chen, Wen Chin ^a   Tai, Pei Hao ^a   Wang, Min Wen ^b   Deng, Wei Jaw ^a   Chen, Chen Tai ^c  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Back propagation neural network; Dynamic quality predictor; Injection molding process; Neural network based prediction system; Self organizing map; Taguchi's parameter design method

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BACKPROPAGATION; BRIDGE PIERS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; CRACK PROPAGATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; EXTRACTION; FORECASTING; FORMING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INJECTION MOLDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MOLDING; MOLDS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PLASTIC MOLDS; PLASTICS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPEECH RECOGNITION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TORSIONAL STRESS;

APPLIED (CO); BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORK (BPANN); DYNAMIC EXTRACTION; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; NETWORK PERFORMANCES; NETWORK-BASED APPROACH; PARAMETER DESIGNS; PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING (PIM); PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PRODUCT QUALITIES; QUALITY PREDICTION; QUALITY PREDICTION SYSTEM; SELF ORGANIZING MAP (SOM); TAGUCHI; TRAINING AND TESTING;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 44949099428     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.07.037     Document Type: Article

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