Incorporating risk taking and driver errors in car-following models
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This thesis investigated the effect of human factors on car-following behavior and developed a novel methodology to incorporate those in car-following models. Application of the new method enables the car-following models to realistically reproduce the human factor induced behavior which can help researchers to better understand complex traffic problems caused by human errors, for example, road crashes and traffic jams. The method contains an innovative task difficulty formula, which captures the motivation behind driving decisions. The task difficulty offers a better explanation of human behavior in complex traffic conditions than the conventional measures, such as speed and headway.
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| ID Code: | 100018 |
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| Item Type: | QUT Thesis (PhD by Publication) |
| Supervisor: | Zheng, Zuduo, Haque, MD. Mazharul (Shimul), & Washington, Simon |
| Keywords: | car-following, task difficulty, human factors, distraction, traffic oscillations, traffic hysteresis, driver error, risk taking, risk compensation, calibration and validation |
| DOI: | 10.5204/thesis.eprints.100018 |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Science & Engineering Faculty Past > Schools > School of Civil Engineering & Built Environment |
| Institution: | Queensland University of Technology |
| Deposited On: | 24 Feb 2017 06:48 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2018 14:00 |
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