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Comfort Simulator: A Software Tool to Model Thermoregulation and Perception of Comfort Cover

Comfort Simulator: A Software Tool to Model Thermoregulation and Perception of Comfort

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|Jul 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.288 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 1, 2019
Accepted on: May 15, 2020
Published on: Jul 20, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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