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Advances in Artificial Neural Systems
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 431357, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/431357
Research Article

Adaptive Neurofuzzy Inference System-Based Pollution Severity Prediction of Polymeric Insulators in Power Transmission Lines

C. Muniraj1 and S. Chandrasekar2

1Department of Electrical Engineering, K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode 637 215, India
2Department of Electrical Engineering, SonaPERT R&D Centre, Sona College of Technology, Salem 636 005, India

Received 11 January 2011; Revised 13 April 2011; Accepted 16 June 2011

Academic Editor: Christian Mayr

Copyright © 2011 C. Muniraj and S. Chandrasekar. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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