An experimental space for conducting controlled driving behavior studies based on a multiuser networked 3D virtual environment and the scenario markup language

IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 345-358

  Gajananan, Kugamoorthy ^a   Nantes, Alfredo ^b   Miska, Marc ^b   Nakasone, Arturo ^a   Prendinger, Helmut ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving behavior studies; Human factor; Simulation; Traffic safety evaluation; Traffic scenarios

Indexed keywords

3-D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; ACCIDENT SITUATION; CAR-FOLLOWING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAFFIC SITUATIONS;

DATA VISUALIZATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MARKUP LANGUAGES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84890941542     PISSN: 21682291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2013.2265876     Document Type: Article

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