Modeling early-age hydration kinetics of Portland cement using flexible neural tree

Neural Computing and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 877-889

  Wang, Lin ^a   Yang, Bo ^b   Chen, Yuehui ^b   Zhao, Xiuyang ^b   Chang, Jun ^b   Wang, Haiyang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

Flexible neural tree; Hydration kinetics; Neural network; Portland cement

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; CEMENT HYDRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPUTING TIME; CURING CONDITION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLEXIBLE NEURAL TREES; GENE EXPRESSION PROGRAMMING; GENERALIZATION ABILITY; HYDRATION KINETICS; HYDRATION PROCESS; KINETIC EQUATIONS; PORTLAND CEMENT PASTE; RIGHT-HAND SIDES; SIMULATION CURVES; TREE STRUCTURES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETICS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PORTLAND CEMENT; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

HYDRATION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; FLEXIBILITY; HYDRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PORTLAND CEMENT; SIMULATION;

EID: 84865654427     PISSN: 09410643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00521-010-0475-4     Document Type: Article

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