Neural Network Modeling and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) of Process Parameters in Pulsed Laser Micromachining of Hardened AISI H13 Steel J. Ciurana a; G. Arias b; T. Ozel c a Department of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Construction, Universitat de Girona, Spain b Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain c Department of Industrial and Systems...

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