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Sep. de: Gazeta de Normalizaçao. Ano 2, nº 11 e 12, 1951
In this study, the accuracy of mathematical techniques such as multiple linear regression, clustering, decision trees (CART) and neural networks was evaluated to predict Young’s modulus, compressive stress at 30% strain and instantaneous recovery velocity of cork. Physical properties, namely test direction, density, porosity and pore number, as well as test direction were used as input. The better model was achieved when a classification problem was performed. Only compressive stress at 30% strain can be predicted with neural networks with an error rate of about 20%. The prediction of Young’s modulus and instantaneous recovery velocity led to unacceptably high error rates due to the heterogeneity of the material.
The aim of this work is develop a tool based on neural networks to predict the botanical origin of honeys using physical and chemical parameters. The managed database consists of 49 honey samples of 2 different classes: monofloral (almond, holm oak, sweet chestnut, eucalyptus, orange, rosemary, lavender, strawberry trees, thyme, heather, sunflower) and multifloral. The moisture content, electrical conductivity, water activity, ashes content, pH, free acidity, colorimetric coordinates in CIELAB space (L(∗), a(∗), b(∗)) and total phenols content of the honey samples were evaluated. Those properties were considered as input variables of the predictive model. The neural network is optimised through several tests with different numbers of neurons in the hidden layer and also with different input variables. The reduced error rates (5%) allow us to conclude that the botanical origin of honey can be reliably and quickly known from the colorimetric information and the electrical conductivity of honey.