Distributed Simulation to Support Driving Safety Research

Details

• Creators:
  Schwarz, Chris ; Heitbrink, David ; Wang, Wanxin
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Iowa
• Corporate Contributors:
  Safety Research Using Simulation (SAFER-SIM) University Transportation Center ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Automation
  • Behavior
  • Collisions
  • Drivers
  • Safety
  • Simulation Highways
  • Safety and Human Factors
  • Vehicles and Equipment
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Iowa
• Corporate Publisher:
  Safety Research Using Simulation (SAFER-SIM) University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  Over half of all crashes involve two or more vehicles. While driving simulation provides an effective way to study many crash scenarios in a well-controlled environment, it cannot capture the complex dynamics between two human drivers in the seconds leading up to a multi-car crash or safety-critical event. Examples of multi-driver simulation extend back to the 1980s in military applications, but only in the last five years have several groups begun to be active in this area to study connected and automated vehicles. We present the development of a distributed simulation capability for NADS MiniSim™ simulators. This capability will eventually benefit all MiniSim customers who are interested in performing multi-driver experiments. Technical details about the implementation are documented, as well as future work that remains to achieve a larger vision for cross-platform distributed simulation.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT13-G-UTC53
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/36626/dot_36626_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.18 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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