Probabilistic analysis of dynamic scenes and collision risks assessment to improve driving safety

IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 4-19

  Laugier, Christian ^a   Paromtchik, Igor E ^a   Perrollaz, Mathias ^a   Yong, Mao ^a   Yoder, John David ^b   Tay, Christopher ^c   Mekhnacha, Kamel ^c   Nègre, Amaury ^d  

^a INRIA Grenoble Rhne Alpes   (France)

^b OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ProBayes   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

collision risk; driver assistance; Intelligent vehicle; probabilistic filter; sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

CAR DRIVING; COLLISION RISKS; DRIVER ASSISTANCE; DRIVING SAFETY; DRIVING SIMULATOR; DYNAMIC OBJECTS; DYNAMIC SCENES; ENVIRONMENT MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL PLATFORM; GAUSSIAN PROCESSES; KEY OBJECTIVE; ON-BOARD SENSORS; PARALLEL COMPUTATION; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC FILTER; SENSOR FUSION; SHORT PERIODS; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; STOCHASTIC VARIABLE; TRAFFIC SCENE;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; RISK PERCEPTION; SENSORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84858690252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MITS.2011.942779     Document Type: Article

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