Measurement of Driver Preferences and Intervention Responses as Influenced by Adaptive Cruise Control Deceleration Characteristics

In comparison to conventional cruise control, adaptive cruise control (ACC) vehicles are capable of sensing forward traffic and slowing to accommodate as necessary. When no forward vehicles are present, ACC function is the same as conventional cruise control. However, with ACC, when a slower vehicle...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLaughlin, Shane Brendan
Other Authors: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9751
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-71198-0145