The impact of Sensory Evaluation of Sound - past, present and future

Zacharov (2001)
• Adaption of descriptive
analysis and preference
mapping for audio
• ADAM – audio descriptive
analysis and mapping
PREF FERENCE SCA ALING
Naive
Subjects
Selection of
sample population
and subjects
Preference or
dissimilarity
experiment
Evaluation of audio
system category
Preference mapping
employing
multivariate calibration
methods
(Partial least squares
regression (PLS-R))
DIRECT ATTRIBUTE RA ATING
Experienced
& Trained
Subjects
Selection of
subjects
(Generalised
listener
selection (GLS))
Development of
descriptive
language & direct
attribute scales
Development of
training samples
Direct attribute
rating of all stimuli
Analysis of structure
(PCA & ANOVA)
Coorelation analysis
of attribute scales
Analysis of structure
(PCA & ANOVA)
Relational
structure of
direct attributes
& preference
space
Evaluation of
unidimensionality of
direct attribute
scales
Underlying
structure of
preference
data
Development of
predictive
multivariate
regression model
of subjective
preference
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