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Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects Volume 34, 2012 - Issue 14
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Splitting Global Solar Radiation into Diffuse and Direct Normal Fractions Using Artificial Neural Networks

S. Rehman Engineering Analysis Section, Center for Engineering Research, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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M. Mohandes Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Pages 1326-1336 | Received 06 Feb 2010, Accepted 19 Mar 2010, Published online: 31 May 2012

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