Optimization of Neural Network by Genetic Algorithm for Flowrate Determination in Multipath Ultrasonic Gas Flowmeter

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1158-1167

  Hu, Liang ^a   Qin, Longhui ^a   Mao, Kai ^a   Chen, Wenyu ^a   Fu, Xin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complex flow field; Genetic algorithm; Multipath ultrasonic flowmeter; Neural network

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ERRORS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NEURAL NETWORKS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; ULTRASONIC FLOWMETERS;

ARCHITECTURE-BASED; COMPLEX FLOW FIELD; DETERMINATION ERROR; GAUSSIAN QUADRATURES; GENERALIZATION ABILITY; MULTIPATH; TRIAL-AND-ERROR APPROACH; ULTRASONIC GAS FLOWMETER;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84962346104     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2015.2501427     Document Type: Article

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