Fuzzy set theory for performance evaluation in a surgical simulator

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 603-622

  Hajshirmohammadi, Ima ^a   Payandeh, Shahram ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 37249066641     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.16.6.603     Document Type: Article

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