Kansei Engineering International

VOL.1 N0.4 (004) AUGUST 2000

CONTENTS

1 Mingjie ZHANG, Masayoshi KAMIJO,  Masayuki TAKATERA,
   Takao FURUKAWA and Yoshio SHIMIZU
An Interactive Pattern Making and 3D Simulation
System of Collars

11 Yoshi uki MATSUOKA
Shape-Generation Method Using Curvature
Entropy

19 Norihiko MORI and Rei TAKANASHI
Knowledge Acquisition from the Data Consisting of
Categories Added with Degrees of Conformity
- Proposal of Extended Reduct Calculation in
 Rough Set Theory

25 Yoshiyuki MATSUOKA
Robust Design Method for Diversity of BA
- Case Study of Seat-Swing Function Design for
 Railway Vehicle

33 Miyoshi AYAMA, Yoshito MEKADA
   and Masao KASUGA
Influences of Visual and Conversation Loads upon
a Functional Visual Field While Driving

39 Yoshiyuki MATSUOKA
Quantitative Design Methods for Kansei in
Automobile Development

47 Robert OKADA
Learning User Preferences for Personalized and
Collaborative Web Searching

57 Hirota SUYAMA
A New Technology of Financial Analysis

63 GUIDE FOR AUTHORS