Statistical evaluation of localization performance and its application in an Internet-based self-screening test using a virtual environment

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 936-946

  Borss C ^a   Martin, R ^a   Lyzenga, J ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION RESULTS; CROSS VALIDATION; DENSITY MODELS; INTERNET BASED; LOCALIZATION PERFORMANCE; OBSERVED DATA; REFERENCE GROUP; SCORING METHODS; SCREENING TESTS; STATISTICAL EVALUATION; TEST RESULTS; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

FUNCTION EVALUATION; INTERNET; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; VIRTUAL REALITY;

TESTING;

EID: 77956915819     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3813/AAA.918352     Document Type: Article

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