Artificial neural networks in wood identification: The case of two Juniperus species from the Canary Islands

IAWA Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Esteban, Luis García ^a   Fernández, Francisco García ^a   De Palacios De Palacios, Paloma ^a   Romero, Ruth Moreno ^a   Cano, Nieves Navarro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

ANN; Artificial neural network; Biometry; J. phoenicea var. canariensis; Juniperus cedrus

Indexed keywords

CEDRUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS CEDRUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA;

EID: 61849184780     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000206     Document Type: Article

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