Proposal for a framework for optimizing artificial environments based on physiological feedback

J Physiol Anthropol Appl Human Sci. 2005 Jan;24(1):77-80. doi: 10.2114/jpa.24.77.

Abstract

We propose and then evaluate a new framework for finding the physical parameters of an artificial environment which give rise to given target physiological characteristics. We assume that a human is a system that takes as inputs the physical parameters of an artificial environment and outputs physiological parameters in response. We define our task as the inverse problem; we must find the best inputs from given target outputs. Our proposed framework solves the inverse problem using evolutionary computation techniques to optimize an artificial environment. We evaluate this framework using a simulation with a vibration environment and verify that it works.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Environment, Controlled*
  • Feedback*
  • Humans
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Neurons / physiology*