Fuzzy techniques for subjective workload-score modeling under uncertainties

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1449-1464

  Kumar, Mohit ^a   Arndt, Arndt ^a   Kreuzfeld, Steffi ^b   Thurow, Kerstin ^a,b,c   Stoll, Norbert ^a,b   Stoll, Regina ^b  

^a Center for Life Science Automation   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c Institute for Measurement and Sensor Systems eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite mixture models; Fuzzy filtering; Fuzzy modeling; Subjective workload; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MIXTURES; PAPER; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE FILTERS;

FINITE-MIXTURE MODELS; FUZZY FILTERING; FUZZY MODELING; SUBJECTIVE WORKLOAD; UNCERTAINTIES;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FUZZY LOGIC; HEART RATE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FUZZY LOGIC; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHYSICAL EXERTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 57049104661     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2008.927712     Document Type: Article

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