A collision model for safety evaluation of autonomous intelligent cruise control

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 567-578

  Touran, Ali ^a   Brackstone, Mark A ^b   McDonald, Mike ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomous intelligent cruise control (AICC); Collision; Human behaviour; Monte Carlo simulation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AUTONOMOUS INTELLIGENT CRUISE CONTROL (AICC);

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 0032586813     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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