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Analysis of characteristic driving operations can help develop supports for drivers with different driving skills. However, the existing knowledge on analysis of driving skills only focuses on single driving operation and cannot reflect the differences on proficiency of coordination of driving operations. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to analyze driving skills from driving coordinating operations. There are two main contributions: the first involves a method for feature extraction based on AdaBoost, which selects features critical for coordinating operations of experienced drivers and inexperienced drivers, and the second involves a generating method for candidate features, called the combined features method, through which two or more different driving operations at the same location are combined into a candidate combined feature. A series of experiments based on driving simulator and specific course with several different curves were carried out, and the result indicated the feasibility of analyzing driving behavior through AdaBoost and the combined features method.

Design/methodology/approach

AdaBoost was used to extract features and the combined features method was used to combine two or more different driving operations at the same location.

Findings

A series of experiments based on driving simulator and specific course with several different curves were carried out, and the result indicated the feasibility of analyzing driving behavior through AdaBoost and the combined features method.

Originality/value

There are two main contributions: the first involves a method for feature extraction based on AdaBoost, which selects features critical for coordinating operations of experienced drivers and inexperienced drivers, and the second involves a generating method for candidate features, called the combined features method, through which two or more different driving operations at the same location are combined into a candidate combined feature.


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Analysis of drivers’ characteristic driving operations based on combined features

Show Author's information Min WangShuguang Li( )Lei ZhuJin Yao
School of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Abstract

Purpose

Analysis of characteristic driving operations can help develop supports for drivers with different driving skills. However, the existing knowledge on analysis of driving skills only focuses on single driving operation and cannot reflect the differences on proficiency of coordination of driving operations. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to analyze driving skills from driving coordinating operations. There are two main contributions: the first involves a method for feature extraction based on AdaBoost, which selects features critical for coordinating operations of experienced drivers and inexperienced drivers, and the second involves a generating method for candidate features, called the combined features method, through which two or more different driving operations at the same location are combined into a candidate combined feature. A series of experiments based on driving simulator and specific course with several different curves were carried out, and the result indicated the feasibility of analyzing driving behavior through AdaBoost and the combined features method.

Design/methodology/approach

AdaBoost was used to extract features and the combined features method was used to combine two or more different driving operations at the same location.

Findings

A series of experiments based on driving simulator and specific course with several different curves were carried out, and the result indicated the feasibility of analyzing driving behavior through AdaBoost and the combined features method.

Originality/value

There are two main contributions: the first involves a method for feature extraction based on AdaBoost, which selects features critical for coordinating operations of experienced drivers and inexperienced drivers, and the second involves a generating method for candidate features, called the combined features method, through which two or more different driving operations at the same location are combined into a candidate combined feature.

Keywords: Machine learning, Driver behaviors and assistance, Advanced driver assistant systems

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Received: 20 September 2018
Revised: 14 October 2018
Accepted: 19 November 2018
Published: 19 December 2018
Issue date: February 2019

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© 2018 Min Wang, Shuguang Li, Lei Zhu and Jin Yao. Published in Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited.

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Suda Laboratory at the University of Tokyo that provided them with experimental facilities, field and a part of the research grant. This work is also supported by "the Fundamental Research Funds YJ 201621 for the Central Universities" at Sichuan University and "the National Natural Science Foundation of China U1664263."

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