Optimization of concrete mix proportioning using a flattened simplex - Centroid mixture design and neural networks

Engineering with Computers

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-190

  Yeh, I Cheng ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Concrete; Design of experiments; Mathematical programming; Mixture; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONCRETE MIXERS; CONCRETE MIXING; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; FLY ASH; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MIXTURES; SLAGS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; CONCRETE MIXES; CONCRETE MIXTURES; CONCRETE PROPERTIES; EARLY STRENGTHS; HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETES; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGIES; MEDIUM STRENGTH CONCRETES; MIXTURE DESIGNS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 62049083894     PISSN: 01770667     EISSN: 14355663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00366-008-0113-2     Document Type: Article

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