Design and Validation of a Computational Program for Analysing Mental Maps: Aram Mental Map Analyzer

Aram, Farshid, Solgi, Ebrahim, Higueras García, Ester ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0182-8884, Mohammadzadeh S., Danial, Mosavi, Amir and Shamshirband, Shahaboddin (2019). Design and Validation of a Computational Program for Analysing Mental Maps: Aram Mental Map Analyzer. "Sustainability", v. 11 (n. 14); p. 3790. ISSN 2071-1050. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11143790.

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Title: Design and Validation of a Computational Program for Analysing Mental Maps: Aram Mental Map Analyzer
Author/s:
  • Aram, Farshid
  • Solgi, Ebrahim
  • Higueras García, Ester https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0182-8884
  • Mohammadzadeh S., Danial
  • Mosavi, Amir
  • Shamshirband, Shahaboddin
Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: Sustainability
Date: 2019
ISSN: 2071-1050
Volume: 11
Subjects:
Faculty: E.U. de Arquitectura Técnica (UPM)
Department: Urbanística y Ordenación del Territorio
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - Share

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Abstract

Considering citizens’ perceptions of their living environment is very helpful in making the right decisions for city planners who intend to build a sustainable society. Mental map analyses are widely used in understanding the level of perception of individuals regarding the surrounding environment. The present study introduces Aram Mental Map Analyzer (AMMA), an open-source program, which allows researchers to use special features and new analytical methods to receive outputs in numerical data and analytical maps with greater accuracy and speed. AMMA performance is contingent upon two principles of accuracy and complexity, the accuracy of the program is measured by Accuracy Placed Landmarks (APL) and General Orientation (GO), which respectively analyses the landmark placement accuracy and the main route mapping accuracy. Also, the complexity section is examined through two analyses Cell Percentage (CP) and General Structure (GS), which calculates the complexity of citizens’ perception of space based on the criteria derived from previous studies. AMMA examines all the dimensions and features of the graphic maps and its outputs have a wide range of valid and differentiated information, which is tailored to the research and information subject matter that is required.

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Item ID: 56415
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/56415/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:56415
DOI: 10.3390/su11143790
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11143790
Deposited by: Farshid Aram
Deposited on: 13 Sep 2019 06:43
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2019 06:43
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