An Evaluation of Objective Rating Methods for Full-Body Finite Element Model Comparison to PMHS Tests.

Conclusions: The results demonstrate that a single metric is insufficient to provide a complete assessment of how well the simulated results match the experiments. The CORA method provided the most comprehensive evaluation of the signal. Regardless of the method selected, one primary recommendation of this work is that for any comparison, the results should be reported to provide separate assessments of a signal's match to experimental variance, magnitude, phase, and shape. Future work planned includes implementing any forthcoming International Organization for Standardization standards for objective evaluations. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Traffic Injury Prevention to view the supplemental file.
PMID: 23905846 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - August 5, 2013 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Vavalle NA, Jelen BC, Moreno DP, Stitzel JD, Gayzik FS Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research