Childhood-home-injury-situation Simulation Adaptable to an Individual Environment Based on Child Physical Model and Injury Semantic Structure Database

Abstract

Most accidents involving children below the age of five occur within their homes. Since it is important to maintain a safe home environment for children, it is imperative to be able to predict what kinds of accidents may occur in a particular environment, and then to find ways to improve that environment. However, the various and scattered statistical data sources and scientific knowledge related to accident prediction have not been structured for integrative utilization. In this paper, the authors report on the development of a new simulation technology that can be used to predict the kinds of accidents that may occur in a particular environment by means of a hybrid memory- and model-based approach. The system consists of a graph-structuralized accident database created from large-scale accident data (which enables the memory-based approach), and a development behavior model which describes the statistical relationship between a body interaction abilities and the age of children.