Barnard, YF orcid.org/0000-0002-0810-0992, Innamaa, S, Koskinen, S et al. (3 more authors) (2016) Methodology for Field Operational Tests of Automated Vehicles. In: Transport Research Procedia. TRA 2016, 6th European Transport Research Conference, 18-21 Apr 2016, Warsaw, Poland. Elsevier , pp. 2188-2196.
Abstract
Over the past decade a large number of Field Operational Tests (FOT) have been conducted to test Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in real traffic conditions with thousands of drivers. In order to ensure scientifically sound studies a FOT methodology was developed in the FESTA project. Currently we are on the brink of a new series of large scale FOTs, testing automated and autonomous vehicles. A common FOT methodology serves the following purposes: (1) to ensure that a systematic and scientific approach is taken by FOTs, (2) to enable the assessment of the impact of large-scale introduction of ITS on safety, mobility, efficiency and environment, (3) to be able to compare results of different FOTs, and (4) to build a community and facilitate knowledge exchange. FESTA focuses strongly on the drivers of vehicles, and the changes in their behaviour when driving a vehicle that is instrumented with new systems. In FESTA, it is recommended that driving with an ITS is compared with driving without it (the baseline). However, what will be the focus of the new FOTs? And what will be the main research questions these FOTs will address? And what is the baseline? Three types of focus can be distinguished; centred on the user, the vehicle or the context. In this paper we discuss the requirements for a methodology that addresses these three types of focus. We investigate how the current FOT methodology may be adapted or may need to be completely changed. Special attention is given to the type of data that is needed for baselines and for answering research and impact questions.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2016, The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Keywords: | automated driving; Field Operational Tests; evaluation; methodology; road transport |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Spatial Modelling and Dynamics (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 610453 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Dec 2015 10:22 |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2016 01:25 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.234 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.234 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93080 |