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With the continuous advances in virtual reality (VR) technology and the widespread use of VR-based fire training simulators that provide users with an effective training system, developing effective and usable interactive VR-based fire training simulators is a novel challenge for systems designers and ergonomics. Traditional usability standards do not consider features specific to virtual environments (VEs). Therefore, it is crucial to improve and use relevant research techniques that can estimate the usability of VE simulators. An efficient usability assessment should be capable to receive feedback from users on how efficiently they use a VR simulator and how they prefer to use it. This article intends to introduce a new framework for conducting a usability assessment for a VR fire training simulator using a combined analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation approach (FCE).
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Bourhim, E.M., Cherkaoui, A. (2021). Usability Evaluation of Virtual Reality-Based Fire Training Simulator Using a Combined AHP and Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Approach. In: Jeena Jacob, I., Kolandapalayam Shanmugam, S., Piramuthu, S., Falkowski-Gilski, P. (eds) Data Intelligence and Cognitive Informatics. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8530-2_73
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