Distributed Simulation to Support Driving Safety Research
Over half of all crashes involve two or more vehicles. While driving simulation provides an effective way to study many crash scenarios in a well-controlled environment, it cannot capture the complex dynamics between two human drivers in the seconds leading up to a multi-car crash or safety-critical event. Examples of multi-driver simulation extend back to the 1980s in military applications, but only in the last five years have several groups begun to be active in this area to study connected and automated vehicles. The authors present the development of a distributed simulation capability for National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) MiniSim™ simulators. This capability will eventually benefit all MiniSim customers who are interested in performing multi-driver experiments. Technical details about the implementation are documented, as well as future work that remains to achieve a larger vision for cross-platform distributed simulation.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
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Corporate Authors:
University of Iowa, Iowa City
National Advanced Driving Simulator, 2401 Oakdale Boulevard
Iowa City, IA United States 52242-5003Safety Research Using Simulation University Transportation Center (SaferSim)
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA United States 52242Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Schwarz, Chris
- 0000-0003-0291-7157
- Heitbrink, David
- Wang, Wanxin
- Publication Date: 2017-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 32p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Connected vehicles; Highway safety; Intelligent vehicles
- Identifier Terms: National Advanced Driving Simulator
- Uncontrolled Terms: Distributed simulation; Driving safety; Multi-driver simulation
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01676949
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: UTC, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Jul 28 2018 5:02PM