Subjective evaluation of use of Babyloid for doll therapy

IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Furuta, Yoshitaka ^a   Kanoh, Masayoshi ^a   Shimizu, Taro ^b   Shimizu, Masaru ^a   Nakamura, Tsuyoshi ^c  

^a CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Product Design Office NAGAKUTE M   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; ELDERLY PEOPLE; IN-LINE; NURSING HOMES; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS;

FUZZY SYSTEMS;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84867585911     PISSN: 10987584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FUZZ-IEEE.2012.6251247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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