Geometric, cognitive and behavioral modeling of environmental users: Integrating an agent-based model and a statistical model into a user model

Design Computing and Cognition '06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 61-79

  Yan, Wei ^a   Kalay, Yehuda E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; BEHAVIOR SIMULATION; BEHAVIORAL MODELING; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COGNITIVE MODELING; ENVIRONMENT MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL USERS; FIELD STUDIES; GEOMETRIC MODELING; PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS; STATISTICAL MODELS; USER MODELS; VIRTUAL USERS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79960905008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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