Machine Ethics and Automated Vehicles

Lecture Notes in Mobility

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 93-102

  Goodall, Noah J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Autonomous; Ethics; Morality; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 85144925258     PISSN: 21965544     EISSN: 21965552     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05990-7_9     Document Type: Chapter

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