Ikebana support system reflecting Kansei with interactive evolutionary computation

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an ikebana support system which can reflect kansei employing interactive evolutionary computation. In the conventional flower layout support system, users cannot adjust the presented layouts. In the proposed system, users can adjust and evaluate the presented layouts. Moreover, new functions are implemented so that the system can learn users' preferences from their adjustments and evaluations. In addition, we deal with basic styles of ikebana which differ in many schools of Japanese ikebana. From evaluation experiments, it is indicated that the proposed system can present layouts which satisfy both ikebana beginners and advanced ikebana learners. © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2005.