Development of a Methodology for the Evaluation of Active Safety using the Example of Preventive Pedestrian Protection

• Main Author: Helmer, Thomas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer mathematics.; Automotive engineering.; Control engineering.; Automotive Engineering.; Control.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.

The book reports on a new methodology for optimization and evaluation of traffic safety, which simulates the processes involved in traffic conflicts on the basis of detailed dynamical, human, and technical models. The models incorporate the whole spectrum of human cognitive functions and responses,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• State of scientific and technical knowledge on pre-crash evaluation
• Approach to integrated safety evaluation: preventive pedestrian protection
• Methodological findings on research on driver behavior
• Probabilistic modeling of pedestrian injury severity
• Integrated evaluation of preventive pedestrian protection
• Conclusion and outlook.