A PROBABILISTIC FRAMEWORK FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS

In this paper, the authors model the uncertainty in car movements on a highway. The probability of collision of two adjacent cars within a fixed horizon is calculated and analyzed. Additionally, the probability of collision in the presence of emergency braking is modelled.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 1999 IEEE Service Center, Piscataway NJ
• Corporate Authors:

  Ohio State University, Columbus

  Department of Electrical Engineering
  Columbus, OH  United States  43210

  Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique (France)

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  University of California, Berkeley

  Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720

  Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Instituto de Ingenieria

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• Authors:
  • Hu, Jianghai
  • Lygeros, John
  • Prandini, M
  • Sastry, Shankar
• Conference:
  • IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (38th : 1999 : Phoenix Ariz.). Proceedings ... Vol. 4
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 3734-3739

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Vehicle dynamics
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00798108
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Sep 8 2000 12:00AM