Optimization of machine parameters of finger millet thresher-cum-pearler

AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-67

  Singh, K P ^a   Mishra, H N ^a   Saha, Supradip ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DRUM SPEED; ELEUSINE CORACANA; FINGER MILLETS; MACHINE PARAMETERS; MACHINE PERFORMANCE; OPTIMAL DESIGN PARAMETERS; STAPLE FOOD;

AGRICULTURE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MACHINE DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE CORACANA;

EID: 77952676345     PISSN: 00845841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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