McGordon, Andrew, Poxon, John E. W., Cheng, Caizhen, Jones, R. Peter and Jennings, P. A.. (2011) Development of a driver model to study the effects of real-world driver behaviour on the fuel consumption. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, Vol.225 (No.11). pp. 1518-1530. ISSN 0954-4070

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Abstract

The real-world fuel economy of vehicles is becoming increasingly important to manufacturers and customers. One of the major influences in this is driver behaviour, but it is difficult to study in a controlled and repeatable manner.
An assessment of driver models for studying real-world driver behaviour has been carried out. It has been found that none of the currently existing driver models has sufficient fidelity for studying the effects of real-world driver behaviour on the fuel economy of the individual vehicle.
A decision-making process has been proposed which allows a driver model with a range of driving tasks to be developed. This paper reports the initial results of a driver model as applied to the conceptually straightforward scenario of high-speed cruising. Data for the driver model have been obtained through real-world data logging.
It has been shown that the simulation driver model can provide a good representation of real-world driving behaviour in terms of the vehicle speed, and this is compared with a number of logged driver speed traces. A comparison of the modelled fuel economy for logged and driver model real-world drivers shows good agreement.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Engineering Faculty of Science > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Automobile drivers, Automobiles -- Fuel consumption -- Simulation methods
Journal or Publication Title:	Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0954-4070
Official Date:	2011
Volume:	Vol.225
Number:	No.11
Page Range:	pp. 1518-1530
Identification Number:	10.1177/0954407011409116
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Description:	This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council through the Warwick Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre and by the project's industrial partners Arup, Froude Hofmann and Jaguar & LandRover.
Funder:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Arup Consulting Engineers, Froude Hofmann, Jaguar Cars Ltd., LandRover
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/39870

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