Strategic Behavior in a Living Environment
Best Paper Nomination - Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)
The Paper "Strategic Behavior in a Living Environment" was selected for the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) "Best Applied Paper Award". Featuring around 1000 Attendees, the WSC constitutes one of the largest Simulation Conferences there is. Out of over 300 submitted papers, only 22 were nominated for best paper awards. In our paper we propose a novel approach to model human driving decisions.
Authors: Marco Lützenberger, Sebastian Ahrndt, Benjamin Hirsch, Nils Masuch, Axel Heßler, and Sahin Albayrak
Abstract: When it comes to road traffic, there seems to be no parameter more essential than the driver himself. His internal preferences, his attitude and his perception determine the traffic situation in a crucial way. Yet, as a matter of fact, only a small number of existing traffic simulation frameworks provide a model for the driver¹s behavior. These existing models usually focus on tactical aspects, and neglect decisions with a strategic touch. Recently, we have introduced a driver model which is able to incorporate strategic decisions. While this model already takes infrastructural installations into account, we refine our so far presented work in this paper and extend it to account for additional criteria, the so called Regional Conditions.
