Reducing the risk of heat stress using artificial neural networks based job-combination approach

Abstract

We design and implement a system to reduce the risk of heat stress, a recognized occupational health hazard (OHH), in two labor intensive industries using a job-combination approach. A novel feature of the system is employing artificial neural networks (ANNs) as model free estimators to evaluate perceived discomforts (PDs) of workers for different job combinations proposed in the work.