Estimating efficient value of controllable variable using an adaptive neural network algorithm: Case of a railway system

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-50

  Azadeh, A ^a   Saberi, M ^b,e   Noorossana, R ^c   Mehrabad, Mohammad Saidi ^c   Anvari, M ^c   Izadbakhsh, H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TAFRESH UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adaptive neural network (ANN); Decision making units (DMUs); Railway system

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT;

IRAN;

EID: 84855399474     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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