1. Study of the Problems of Persons with Disability (PWD) Using FRMs.
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Kandasamy, W. B. Vasantha, Prakash, A. Praveen, and Thirusangu, K.
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CARE of people with disabilities , *QUANTITATIVE research , *FUZZY measure theory , *SIMULATION methods & models , *MATHEMATICAL statistics - Abstract
In this paper we find the interrelations and the hidden pattern of the problems faced by the PWDs and their caretakers using Fuzzy Relational Maps (FRMs). Here we have taken the problems faced by the rural persons with disabilities in Melmalayanur and Kurinjipadi Blocks, Thmil Nadu, India. This paper is organized with the following four sections. Section one is introductory in nature giving the overall contents from the survey made about PWDs in the above said Blocks. Section two gives description of FRM models and the attributes taken for the study related with the PWDs and the caretakers, the FRM model formed using these attributes and their analysis. The third section gives the suggestions and conclusions derived from the survey as well as the FRM model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009