Soft computing and computational intelligent techniques in the evaluation of emerging energy technologies

Innovation in Power, Control, and Optimization: Emerging Energy Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 164-197

  Cebi, Selcuk ^a   Kahraman, Cengiz ^b   Kaya, Ihsan ^c  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 84901570670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-138-2.ch005     Document Type: Chapter

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