Computers in Biology and Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 11 , Pages 1163-1170 , November 2008

Comparison between artificial neural network and multilinear regression models in an evaluation of cognitive workload in a flight simulator

  • Manne Hannula

      Affiliations

    • Medical Engineering R & D Center, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Medical Engineering R & D Center, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Kotkantie 1, 90250 Oulu, Finland. Tel.: +358504309234.
    • ,
  • Kerttu Huttunen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Jukka Koskelo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Kuopio and Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
    • ,
  • Tomi Laitinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Kuopio and Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
    • ,
  • Tuomo Leino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
    • Air Force Academy, The Finnish Air Force, Finland

Received 31 January 2008 ,Accepted 16 September 2008.

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PII: S0010-4825(08)00134-0

doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2008.09.007

Computers in Biology and Medicine
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