Speech interaction with in-car controls is becoming more commonplace as the interaction is considered to be less distracting to the driver. Cars of today are equipped with speech recognition system to dial phone numbers and to control the cockpit environment. Furthermore satellite navigation systems provide the driver with verbal directions to their destination. The paper extends the speech int...

Progress in understanding the driver/vehicle interface requires an improved model of driver skill in the steering control task. A possible explanation for driver steering skill involves driver usage of multiple internal models of the vehicle dynamics, where each internal model represents the actual vehicle dynamics within a limited range of the performance envelope of the vehicle. This paper pr...

OBJECTIVE To understand definitions of the phrases "good driver" and "safe driver" among teen pre-drivers and early drivers in order to appropriately tailor messages about driving safety. DESIGN Qualitative study using freelisting, an anthropological research technique, to explore nuances in the ways that teens define a good driver and a safe driver SETTING Classes in six high schools each ...

Cataloging mutated driver genes that confer a selective growth advantage for tumor cells from sporadic passenger mutations is a critical problem in cancer genomic research. Previous studies have reported that some driver genes are not highly frequently mutated and cannot be tested as statistically significant, which complicates the identification of driver genes. To address this issue, some exi...

In this paper, we focus on developing driver-in-the loop fuel economic control strategy for multiple connected vehicles. The control strategy is considered to work in a driver assistance framework where the controller gives command to a driver to follow while considering the ability of the driver in following control commands. Our proposed method uses vehicleto-vehicle (V2V) communication, expl...

In the area of optimization of public transportation there are several methods for modeling and solving vehicle and driver scheduling problems. We designed a sequential heuristic method for solving the combined (vehicle and driver scheduling) problem. Our model is based on a modification of the vehicle schedules to satisfy driver requirements. We introduced a driver friendly approach of the opt...

Because road traffic accidents are a major source of death worldwide, attempts have been made to create Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) able to detect vehicle, driver and environmental conditions that are cues for possible potential accidents. This paper presents continued work on a novel Nonintrusive Intelligent Driver Assistance and Safety System (Ni-DASS) for assessing driver atten...