THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN CAR FOLLOWING MODELS

This commentary distinguishes between the engineering-inspired research in an earlier article ("Car following: a historical review," Brackstone and McDonald, 1999) and the psychological knowledge of and assumptions about human behavior when car following. It outlines a preliminary mathematical model, based on psychological knowledge about car following behavior by human drivers, which could be applied in traffic engineering as a means of bringing these two ways of studying car following closer together.

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• Authors:
  • VAN WINSUM, W
• Publication Date: 1999-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 207-211
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1369-8478
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13698478

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Behavior; Car following; Highway transportation; Human factors; Mathematical models; Traffic control; Traffic engineering; Traffic models; Traffic safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00791423
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 21 2000 12:00AM