Tensile strength estimation of lumber

The problem of wood tensile strength estimation of softwood lumber is studied in this thesis. The main contributions brought to this topic here are first, a set of knot geometry features that can be used in board strength estimation, and second a learning algorithm that selects the best set of featu...

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Main Author: Saboksayr, Hossein
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13832