The scope of artificial neural network metamodels for precision casting process planning

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 909-916

  Vosniakos, G C ^a   Galiotou, V ^a   Pantelis, D ^b   Benardos, P ^a   Pavlou, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Casting parameters; Investment casting; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

AREA RATIOS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CASTING CONDITIONS; CASTING PARAMETERS; CASTING SIMULATION SOFTWARE; EXPANDABILITY; FEED-FORWARD ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; FEEDING POINTS; GENERALISATION; INPUT PARAMETER; MELTING TEMPERATURES; META MODEL; MOULD TEMPERATURE; PART GEOMETRY; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PRODUCT QUALITY; SIMULATION RESULT; SOFTWARE SIMULATION; SURFACE AREA; USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE; WORK PIECES;

BACKPROPAGATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INVESTMENT CASTING; MELTING POINT; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRECISION CASTING; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SIMULATORS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 68949218896     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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