My original research which is focused on assessing the performance of building from the perception of elderly and the disabled using neural computation is getting some challenges and becoming more interesting with an increased knowledge of artificial intelligence, data mining and machine learning. I am getting stronger in conviction to adopt and a new title/methodology - I need suggestions. For now I have proposed Building Performance - Machine Learning Based & Elderly / the disabled's Approach.
Hi, I think you could looking some tools as "mental tracing" and other
Thank you. I will check it out. I will then be seeking those with expertise to collaborate. I will revert to you later.
Hello there. I'm uncertain what aspect of perception (this is very broad term) you are trying to quantify. Could you elaborate?
Hello everyone, Oleg, you mean ''mental line-tracing' that is used for people with mental problems/brain lesion? Then Tijjani, I understand what kind of perception you mean but sorry, I can't help you.
I think you're looking for psychophysics. However it's a bit unclear from your language.
Thank you all. Let me explain. The house you live in was designed and constructed to fulfil your comfort/convenience needs. overtime we have what is called POE - Post Occupation Evaluation. This evaluation is more about user perception than physical measurement. It is this perception that I refer to in my post. The research is focused on people that have lost capacity partially or fully to convey this perception. J.Jones, Deborah Apthorp and others I hope it is clearer now. If not do not hesitate to ask. Thank you once more.
I think you are mixing up cause, effect and evaluation. POE only asks 'how do you feel about the space'. You can do an early and late POE and see how the same people's feelings about their space has changed as they live in the space. Very interesting, very important because clearly people's feelings about their space changes based on many factors independent of the space (e.g. economic conditions). However, people can not lose POE - POE is just the evaluation. What disorder are you referring to?
Thank you Karen. I get your view, The closest you get to building performance in terms of perception rather than energy and the like is POE. In appreciation of the insight I am getting via this discourse let me further explain the context - The relationship between health and the built environment is the general drive, the specific is that their is a presumed negative effect of the wrong living or subsistence environment on health, comfort and convenience of people, especially the target group. If apart other disorders you have people with Alzheimer how do you obtain and be sure of their perception?
The perception of a person with Alzheimer's is THEIR perception - if you are asking the proper questions on the POE, then you will get THEIR perception.
Your understanding of their perception is only as good as the questions you ask.
Your understanding of why they have the perception of their environment they have is only as good as the control groups you have to compare to.
So I think your goal is to understand a group's perception of their environment and why they have that perception e.g for the 'same' space why is someone with Alzheimer's less/more satisfied.
If this is what you are interested in you must be concerned with two things:
1. How does one prepare the best/proper POE - this will depend on the group comparisons and your hypothesis about what you think is happening.
2. How does one administer the POE properly (e.g. control groups, controlled environments, etc).
I'm a neurophysiologist and I think you need a psychologist. I do not think I can really be helpful about the details.
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