Predicting moisture content of agricultural products using artificial neural networks

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 464-470

  Topuz, Adnan ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks (ANN); Bean; Chickpea; Fluidized bed drying; Hazelnut

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BACKPROPAGATION; BACKPROPAGATION ALGORITHMS; CURING; DEWATERING; EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DRYING CHARACTERISTICS; DRYING METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUIDIZED BED DRYING; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MEAN RELATIVE ERROR; MEASURED DATA; MOISTURE CONTENTS; SINGLE OUTPUT;

DRYING;

EID: 72549116542     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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