Support vector regression-based data integration method for multipath ultrasonic flowmeter

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2717-2725

  Zhao, Huichao ^a   Peng, Lihui ^a   Takahashi, Tsuyoshi ^b   Hayashi, Takuya ^b   Shimizu, Kazuyoshi ^b   Yamamoto, Toshihiro ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tokyo Keiso Company Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); flow measurement; flow profile; multipath ultrasonic flowmeter; support vector regression (SVR).

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

FLOW PROFILE; INTEGRATION METHOD; MULTIPATH; SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION (SVR);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84909619253     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2014.2326276     Document Type: Article

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