Predicting the effects of time-gaps for adaptive cruise control (ACC) on bus driver performance

  • Authors:
  • Brian Tsang-Wei Lin;Sheue-Ling Hwang

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI;Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Hsinchu, Taiwan

  • Venue:
  • HCII'11 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Human-computer interaction: towards mobile and intelligent interaction environments - Volume Part III
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Researchers have a deal of attention to the effects on driver performance when driving with assist systems. This article describes modeling approach to simulate the effects of time-gaps for adaptive cruise control (ACC) on bus driver's performance. A concept model was built with the knowledge of modularization, parameterization, and parallel processing. By running the model, the predictions for the effects of five levels of time-gaps were collected in two measures, mean gap and minimum gap. Predictions from the model were validated by the experiment with a verified fix-based bus driving simulator in authors' previous studies. Through the modeling approach, this research provides a theoretical and accurate way to assess effects of time-gaps. To apply this approach to the evaluation on other driving assist systems (e.g. collision warning systems & navigation systems) is the next topic for authors to work on.