Modeling the terminal velocity of agricultural seeds with artificial neural networks

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 389-398

  Ghamari, S ^a   Borghei, A M ^a   Rabbani, H ^b   Khazaei, J ^c   Basati, F ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Back propagation; Prediction; Terminal velocity

Indexed keywords

CICER ARIETINUM; LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 77949748301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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