A dielectric technique based on a one-chip network analyser to predict the quality indices of shell eggs

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 470-478

  Ragni, Luigi ^a   Berardinelli, Annachiara ^a   Guarnieri, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; DIELECTRIC SPECTRUM; FULLY INTEGRATED; INPUT SIGNALS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE; PHASE DIFFERENCES; QUALITY INDICES; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SHELL EGGS; STATISTICAL MODELLING;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 47149103445     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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