Prediction of dental milling time-error by flexible neural trees and fuzzy rules

Abstract

This multidisciplinary study presents the application of two soft computing methods utilizing the artificial evolution of symbolic structures - evolutionary fuzzy rules and flexible neural trees - for the prediction of dental milling time-error, i.e. the error between real dental milling time and forecast given by the dental milling machine. In this study a real data set obtained by a dynamic machining center with five axes simultaneously is analyzed to empirically test the novel system in order to optimize the time error. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.