Driver models in automobile dynamics application

TLDR

Driver modeling has been studied for over fifty years across disciplines, yielding diverse models to understand and improve the coupled driver–vehicle system for various applications. This paper provides an overview of driver models, their applications, and methodological approaches, and briefly extends the discussion beyond traditional engineering perspectives. The authors emphasize engineers’ use of established mathematical methods to model drivers for vehicle design, component optimization, and overall vehicle dynamics.

Abstract

Understanding the driver of an automobile has been attractive to researchers from many different disciplines for more than half a century. On the basis of their acquirements, models of the (human) driver have been developed to better understand, analyse and improve the combined couple of driver and automobile. Due to distinctive demands on the models in accordance with different kinds of applications, a variety of driver models is available. An overview of driver models is given with respect to their application and different methodical modelling approaches. The emphasis is put on the interest of engineers, who generally focus on the automobile (like design and optimization of vehicle components and the overall vehicle dynamics behaviour) by applying their approved (mathematical) methods. Nonetheless, a brief look beyond is added to better complete the view on the involved task of driving and driver modelling for automobile dynamics application.