Noise annoyance modelling using fuzzy rule based systems

Noise and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 27-44

  Botteldooren, D ^a   Verkeyn, A ^a   Lercher, P ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Inst of Hygiene and Social Medicine   (Austria)

Author keywords

Annoyance model; Fuzzy rule based system; Noise annoyance

Indexed keywords

ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0345426847     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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