Study of driver factors affecting the directional response of an articulated vehicle using neural networks

Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-306

  Yang, X ^a   Stiharu, I ^a   Rakheja, S ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; VEHICLES; VELOCITY;

DIRECTIONAL RESPONSE; DRIVER FACTORS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0032303361     PISSN: 03158977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/tcsme-1998-0016     Document Type: Article

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