A neuro-fuzzy hybrid scheme for design and simulation of human machine systems

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 797-823

  Zha, X F ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; ERGONOMICS; FUZZY SETS; HYBRID COMPUTERS; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

FUZZY IF THEN RULES; MANUAL ASSEMBLY WORKSTATION; MOTUS MOTION MEASUREMENT; NEURO-FUZZY HYBRID SCHEME; WORKPLACE LAYOUT DESIGN;

MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0242385676     PISSN: 08839514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/088395101753210755     Document Type: Article

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