Sensory perception of fabrics: analysis of tactile comfort properties using statistical and artificial intelligence techniques

  • Authors:
  • B. Karthikeyan;Les Sztandera

  • Affiliations:
  • Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Venue:
  • ISC '07 Proceedings of the 10th IASTED International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The relationship between mechanical and sensorial properties of textile materials, with perceived comfort is complex and non-linear. A system to analyze the aforementioned relationship using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools is developed. Since the number of parameters that influence perceived sensation is beyond the capability of any existing model, a model-free algorithm based on a biological system of perception with the aid of neural network mapping is attempted. Mechanical properties - measured objectively using the Kawabata Evaluation System for Fabrics (KES-F) and HandFeel properties - measured subjectively using a sensory expert panel is related to the tactile comfort sensation of textile materials using AI tools. Also, brief comparison with a linear statistical approach is presented.