Evaluation of the effectiveness of ADAS in reducing multi-vehicle collisions

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-206

  Cafiso, Salvatore ^a   Di Graziano, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADAS; Advanced driver assistance system; Heavy vehicle safety; Multi vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BRAKING PERFORMANCE; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SAFETY FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL (ACC); ADAS; HEAVY VEHICLE; MULTI-VEHICLES; PROBABILISTIC DISTRIBUTION; REAR-END COLLISIONS; SAFETY EVALUATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES;

ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL;

EID: 84862112672     PISSN: 1744232X     EISSN: 17415152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHVS.2012.046834     Document Type: Article

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