Learning drivers behavior to improve adaptive cruise control

Avi Rosenfeld, Zevi Bareket, Claudia V. Goldman, David J. Leblanc, Omer Tsimhoni

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Abstract

Traditionally, vehicles have been considered as machines that are controlled by humans for the purpose of transportation. A more modern view is to envision drivers and passengers as actively interacting with a complex automated system. Such interactive activity leads us to consider intelligent and advanced ways of interaction leading to cars that can adapt to their drivers. In this article, we focus on the adaptive cruise control (ACC) technology that allows a vehicle to automatically adjust its speed to maintain a preset distance from the vehicle in front of it based on the drivers preferences. Although individual drivers have different driving styles and preferences, current systems do not distinguish among users. We introduce an approach to combine machine learning algorithms with demographic information and behavioral driver models into existing automated assistive systems. This approach can reduce the interactions between drivers and automated systems by adjusting parameters relevant to the operation of these systems based on their specific drivers and context of drive. We also learn when users tend to engage and disengage the automated system. This approach sheds light on the kinds of dynamics that users develop while interacting with automation and can teach us how to improve these systems for the benefit of their users. While generic packages such as Weka were successful in learning drivers behavior exclusively based on the ACCs sensors, we found that improved learning models could be developed by adding information on drivers demographics and a previously developed model about different driver types. We present the general methodology of our learning procedure and suggest applications of our approach to other domains as well.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18-31
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations
Volume19
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes

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© 2015 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Keywords

  • Adaptive Cruise Control
  • Human-Agent Systems
  • Machine Learning
  • User Profiling

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