EXPLANATORY PITFALLS AND RULE-BASED DRIVER MODELS

Driver models should refer to either of two levels of explanation, (1) the rational or intentional level that is usually taken to represent the aggregate behavior of the driver population, or (2) the functional level which deals with intra-individual information processing. Frequently the two levels are confounded, which is likely to introduce serious theoretical problems--vicious circles and pernicious homunculi among them. After a conceptual analysis of the confounding problem, arguments in favor of a radical functionalistic (process-level) approach are put forward. Rule-based modeling, using some advanced production system architecture, appears to be the most promising inroad to better theories of driver behavior.

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Michon, J A
• Publication Date: 1989-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 341-353
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash risk forecasting; Drivers; Hazards; Mathematical models; Risk assessment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00488037
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 739
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1991 12:00AM