A new path estimation strategy for predicting blind persons' motion in indoor environments

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-377

  Motlagh, Omid ^a   Hong, Tang Sai ^a   Ismail, Napsiah ^a   Ramli, Abdul Rahman ^a   Samin, Razali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fuzzy cognitive map; Path prediction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLIND EQUALIZATION; CASE BASED REASONING; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; FUZZY RULES; MOTION PLANNING;

CASEBASED REASONINGS (CBR); DECISION MECHANISM; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAP; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PATH PREDICTION; PLANNING STRATEGIES; SPATIAL COGNITION; VISUALLY HANDICAPPED;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 72049107848     PISSN: 13467581     EISSN: 13472852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3130/jaabe.8.371     Document Type: Article

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