Comparison of absolute magnitude estimation and relative magnitude estimation for judging the subjective intensity of noise and vibration

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-88

  Huang, Yu ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Magnitude estimation; Noise; Vibration

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF DISCOMFORT; DISCOMFORT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION; NOISE; NOISE AND VIBRATION; PSYCHOPHYSICAL STUDIES; VIBRATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84887717408     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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