DRIVING SIMULATION HANDBOOK

General Description

The Handbook of Driving Simulation for Engineering, Medicine, and Psychology is scheduled for publication in 2010. The table of contents of this book are listed below. Authors can click on individual chapters to view outlines and to access attached files (as available).


I. INTRODUCTION

1. Overview (The Editors)
2. A Short History of Driving Simulation(Wade Allen)
3. Using Driving Simulators outside of North America (Barry Kantowitz)
4. The Future of Driving Simulation (Peter Hancock & Tom Sheridan)
5. Twelve Practical and Useful Questions about Driving Simulation (Jeff Caird, William Horrey)

II. THE SELECTION OF SIMULATORS: CAR, TRUCK AND BUS

A. SELECTING THE SYSTEM
6. Scenario Authoring (Joseph Kearney & Timofey Grechkin?)
7. Physical Fidelity of Driving Simulators (Jeffrey Greenberg & Mike Blommer?)
8. Sensory and Perceptual Factors in the Design of Driving Simulation Displays (G. John Andersen?)
9. Psychological Fidelity: Perception of Risk (Tom Ranney?)
10. Surrogate Methods and Measures (Linda Angell?)

B. VALIDATING THE SYSTEM
11. Validating Vehicle Models(Chris Schwarz?)
12. Cross Platform Validation Issues (Hamish Jamson?)
13. Simulator Validity: Behaviors Observed on the Simulator and on the Road (Nadia Mullen, Judith Charlton, Anna Devlin, & Michel Bédard?)

III. CONDUCT OF SIMULATOR EXPERIMENTS, SELECTION OF SCENARIOS, DEPENDENT VARIABLES, AND EVALUATION OF RESULTS

C. SIMULATOR SICKNESS

14. Simulator and Scenario Factors Influencing Simulator Sickness (Heather Stoner, Donald Fisher, & Michael Mollenhauer?)

D. INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT VARIABLES
15. Independent Measures: The Role of Confonding and Effect Modification (Gerald McGwin?, Jr.?)
16. External Driver Distractions: The Effects of Video Billboards and Wind Farms on Driving Performance (Shaunna Milloy & Jeff Caird?)
17. Physiological Variables: NIRS, EGG, GSR, Eye Movement Analyses (Karl Brookhuis & Dick de Waard?)
18. Eye Behaviors: How Driving Simulators Can Expand their Role in Science and Engineering (Donald Fisher, Alexander Pollatsek, & William Horrey?)
19. Situation Awareness in Driving (Leo Gugerty?)

E. ANALYSES OF THE DATA
20. Simulator Data Reduction (Michelle Reyes & John D. Lee?)
21. Analytical Tools (Linda Ng Boyle?)
22. Statistical Concepts (Jeff Dawson?)
23. The Qualitative Interview (Jane Moeckli?)

IV. APPLICATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGY

G. EXPERIENCE AND MATURITY
24. The Novice and Teen Driver (Marie Claude Ouimet, Caitlin Duffy, Bruce Simons-Morton?, Thomas Brown, & Donald Fisher?)
((Chapter 25 The Older Driver (Training and assessment)|25. The Older Driver (Training and assessment: knowledge, skills, and attitudes) (Karlene Ball & Michelle Ackerman)))
26. The Older Driver (JC, Lana Trick?)

G. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS: ENDOGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS FACTORS
27. Driving When Distracted: Cell phones, Passengers (DF, David Strayer?)
28. Driving at Night (JC, Joanne Woods?)
29. Driving When Fatigued or Stressed (DF, Gerry Matthews?)

H. TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT: KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ATTITUDES
40. The Novice and Teen Driver (Alexander Pollatsek, Willem Vlakveld, Bart Kappe, Anuj Pradhan, Donald Fisher?)
41. The Commercial Driver (DF, Myra Blanco, Jeff Hickman, Richard Hanowski, & Justin Morgan?)

I. SIMULATORS USED FOR REHABILITATION
32. Driving Rehabilitation as Delivered by Driving Simulation (Harsimran Singh, Brent Barbour, & Daniel Cox?)

J. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING: SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE
33. Implementing MUTCD Standards (Doug Evans?)
34. The Use of Driving Simulators for Geometric Design (Tom Granda?)
35. Traffic Signals (David Noyce, Mike Knodler, Jeremy Chapman?)
36. Signage and Pavement Markings (Sue Chrysler, Alicia Williams?)
37. Advanced Guide Signs and Intelligent Information Systems Technologies (Konstantinos Katsikopoulos?)
38. Grade Crossings (Jeff Caird, Alison Smiley, Lisa Fern, & John Robinson?)
39. Roadway Visualization (Michael Manore & Yiannis Papelis?)

K. TELEMATICS: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES INSIDE THE VEHICLE
40. Advanced Warning Technologies: Collision, Intersection Incursion (Michael Manser?)
41. Adaptive Behavior in the Simulator: Implications for Active Safety System Evaluation (Johan Engström & Mikael Ljung Aust?)

L. MODELS OF DRIVER BEHAVIORS
42. Cognitive Architectures for Modeling Driver Behaviour Lane Changing, Car Following (Dario Salvucci?)
((Chapter 43 Coupling Perception, Action, Intention and Value|43. Coupling Perception, Action, Intention and Value: A Control Theoretical Approach to Driving Performance (John Flach, Richard Jagacinski, Matthew R.H. Smith, & Brian McKenna)))

VI. APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE

M. DRUGS
44. Acute Alcohol Impairment Research in Driving Simulators (Janet Creaser, Nicholas Ward, & Michael Rakauskas?)
45. Illicit Drugs (MR, Jan Ranmaekers?)

N. MEDICAL AND MENTAL DISORDERS
46. Medical and surgical disorders (MR, Rizzo?)
47. Mental and Personality Disorders (MR, Henry Moller?)
48. Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, and Parkinson’s disease (MR, Ergun Uc?)
49. Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders (MR, John Tippin?)

O. TRAUMATIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
50. Traumatic Brain Injury (MR, Wiebo Brouwer?)