A fuzzy neural network model for predicting clothing thermal comfort

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1840-1846

  Luo, Xiaonan ^a   Hou, Wenbang ^a   Li, Yi ^b   Wang, Zhong ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clothing thermal comfort; Feed forward back propagation; Functional textile design; Fuzzy neural network; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SKIN; TEXTILES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLOTHING THERMAL COMFORT; FEED-FORWARD BACK-PROPAGATION; FUNCTIONAL TEXTILE DESIGN; FUZZY NEURAL NETWORK; THERMAL SENSATION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 34249910068     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2006.10.035     Document Type: Article

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