F. J. C. P. Soeiro, H.F. de Campos Velho, P. O. Soares, A. J. S. Neto (2004): Using Neural Networks to Obtain Initial Estimates for the Solution of Inverse Heat Transfer Problems, Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization Symposium (IPDO), 17-19 March, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil - Proc. in CD-Rom: paper code IPDO-083.

Abstract: In the present work a multi-layer perceptron neural network is used to obtain initial estimates to solve inverse heat transfer problems using a gradient based method (Levenberg-Marquardt).