Driver Modeling for Simulation of Transportation Systems

This paper first reviewed the driver or driving models used in traffic simulation that were created mainly for generating the required mobility. Some commonly used models and the state-of-the-art technologies were discussed. In order to better study the effect of human driver on the transportation system, this paper introduced several other typical driver models and the related technologies that were developed for the purposes of studies on vehicle dynamics and controls during last decades. These models not only perform the tasks in generating the required mobility with better fidelity and flexibility for traffic simulation, but also provide more insight on the physics of drivers´ driving nature and characteristics. Further research was suggested in the modeling of drivers´ personal driving characteristics, in particular, drivers´ habitual driving styles. These can be very valuable and important in the design and study of the modern transportation systems with vehicle-driver-environment taken into consideration.