A model-based approach for the analysis of aircraft seating comfort

BACKGROUND: Aircraft seating comfort has a significant impact on passenger on-board experience. Its assessment requires the adoption of well-designed strategies for data collection as well as appropriate data analysis methods in order to obtain accurate and reliable results. OBJECTIVES: This paper f...

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Published in:Work (Reading, Mass.) Mass.), 2021-01, Vol.68 (s1), p.S251-S255
Main Authors: Vanacore, Amalia, Lanzotti, Antonio, Percuoco, Chiara, Capasso, Agostino, Vitolo, Bonaventura
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aircraft
Comfort
Data analysis
Data collection
Evaluation
Lumbar region
Passengers
Perception
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Summary:BACKGROUND: Aircraft seating comfort has a significant impact on passenger on-board experience. Its assessment requires the adoption of well-designed strategies for data collection as well as appropriate data analysis methods in order to obtain accurate and reliable results. OBJECTIVES: This paper focuses on the assessment of aircraft seating comfort based on subjective comfort responses collected during laboratory experiments and taking into account seat features and passenger characteristics. METHODS: The subjective comfort evaluations have been analyzed using a model-based approach to investigate the relationship between overall seating comfort and specific seat/user characteristics. RESULTS: The results show that the overall seating comfort perception is significantly influenced by the thickness of the seat pan, the backrest position (upright or reclined), the age of the passenger and the passenger perception of being comfortably supported at the lumbar region. CONCLUSIONS: The adopted model-based approach allows the analysis of subjective seating comfort data taking into account their ordinal nature as well as the dependency between evaluations provided by the same subject.
ISSN:1051-9815
1875-9270
DOI:10.3233/WOR-208023