A Fuzzy-Logic Approach Based on Driver Decision-Making Behavior Modeling and Simulation

Abdulla I. M. Almadi, Rabia Emhamed Al Mamlook, Yahya Almarhabi, Irfan Ullah, Arshad Jamal and Nishantha Bandara
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Abdulla I. M. Almadi: Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075, USA
Rabia Emhamed Al Mamlook: Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA
Yahya Almarhabi: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22254, Saudi Arabia
Irfan Ullah: School of Transportation and Logistics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Arshad Jamal: Transportation and Traffic Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia
Nishantha Bandara: Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075, USA

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 14, 1-19

Abstract: The present study proposes a decision-making model based on different models of driver behavior, aiming to ensure integration between road safety and crash reduction based on an examination of speed limitations under weather conditions. The present study investigated differences in road safety attitude, driver behavior, and weather conditions I-69 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, using the fuzzy logic approach. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted among a sample of Singaporean ( n = 100) professional drivers. Safety level was assessed in relation to speed limits to determine whether the proposed speed limit contributed to a risky or safe situation. The experimental results show that the speed limits investigated on different roads/in different weather were based on the participants’ responses. The participants could increase or keep their current speed limit or reduce their speed limit a little or significantly. The study results were used to determine the speed limits needed on different roads/in different weather to reduce the number of crashes and to implement safe driving conditions based on the weather. Changing the speed limit from 80 mph to 70 mph reduced the number of crashes occurring under wet road conditions. According to the results of the fuzzy logic study algorithm, a driver’s emotions can predict outputs. For this study, the fuzzy logic algorithm evaluated drivers’ emotions according to the relation between the weather/road condition and the speed limit. The fuzzy logic would contribute to assessing a powerful feature of human control. The fuzzy logic algorithm can explain smooth relationships between the input and output. The input–output relationship estimated by fuzzy logic was used to understand differences in drivers’ feelings in varying road/weather conditions at different speed limits.

Keywords: decision-making process; driver’s behavior modeling; fuzzy logic; vehicle crash severity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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