Application of artificial neural networks to improve steel production process

Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, ASC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 249-255

  Grešovnik, Igor ^a,b   Kodelja, Tadej ^b   Vertnik, Robert ^a   Šarler, Božidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^b Centre of Excellence for Biosensors   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Continuous casting; Optimization; Response approximation; Steel manufacturing

Indexed keywords

ARC DISCHARGE; CARBON NANOMATERIALS; CASTING PROCESS; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; EXPERT KNOWLEDGE; INTEGRATED OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; RESPONSE APPROXIMATION; STEEL MANUFACTURING; STEEL PRODUCTION; WHOLE PROCESS;

CONTINUOUS CASTING; OPTIMIZATION; SOFT COMPUTING; STEELMAKING;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84867083816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2316/P.2012.777-029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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