Design and evaluation of a user-centered interface to model scenarios on driving simulators. (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bhatti, Ghasan; Brémond, Roland; Jessel, Jean-Pierre; Dang, Nguyen-Thong; Vienne, Fabrice; Millet, Guillaume
• Is Part Of: Transportation research. Volume 50(2015)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 12
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Driving simulators -- Scenario modeling -- User-Centered Design -- User interface; Transportation -- Periodicals; Transportation -- Technological innovations -- Periodicals; 388.011
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2014.09.011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0968-090X

Abstract

Highlights: Most users are unskilled to develop scenarios for driving simulators. A new interface is proposed, based on User-Centered Design. Three sub-interface are proposed, corresponding to different users. The interface prototype has been tested on a panel of end-users. Abstract: Modeling scenarios on driving simulators is a complex and difficult task for end-users because they do not have the skills necessary to program the scenarios. In this paper, we present a user-centered architecture in which we have split the scenario modeling interface into 3 sub-interfaces (Template Builder, Experiment Builder, Experiment Interface) based on the user skill. The concept is tested with a panel of end-users, with fair results in terms of performance and subjective judgment.