Perceptual validation experiments for evaluating the quality of wavelet-synthesized sounds

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 508-524

  Miner, Nadine E ^a   Goldsmith, Timothy E ^b   Caudell, Thomas P ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVELET-SYNTHESIZED SOUNDS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0036812405     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105474602320935847     Document Type: Article

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