Development of a smart technique in plastic identification independent of the components dimensions

IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Measurement Systems and Applications Proceedings

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 223-226

  Lotfi, A ^a   Hull, J B ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Fuzzy systems; Independent component analysis; Intelligent systems; Knowledge based systems; Plastics; Polymers; Positron emission tomography; Recycling; Ultrasonic imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ELASTOMERS; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SYSTEMS; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECYCLING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ATTENUATION; COMPLEX SHAPES; COMPONENT DIMENSIONS; FAST RESPONSE TIME; INTELLIGENT TECHNIQUES; RECYCLING PROCESS; ULTRASOUND ATTENUATION;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 84942587395     PISSN: 21591547     EISSN: 21591555     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIMSA.2003.1227231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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