Driving Style Analysis by Classifying Real-World Data with Support Vector Clustering

Yuxiang Feng, Simon Pickering, Edward Chappell, Pejman Iravani, Chris Brace

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Abstract

All drivers have their own habitual choice of driving behavior, causing variations in fuel consumption. It would be beneficial to classify these driving styles and extract the most economical and ecological driving patterns. However, driving style of each driver is not consistent and may vary within a single trip. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel technique to robustly classify driving style using the Support Vector Clustering approach, which attempts to differentiate the variations in individual's driving pattern and provides an objective driver classification. Real driving data of three human participants were collected using an instrumented vehicle. For data processing, each trip data were first segmented into separate event groups. Prominent factors were then extracted by applying Principal Component Analysis on both statistical and spectral features of all signals. Afterwards, Support Vector Clustering was performed to classify driving style during the trip. The trained classifier was used to indicate the driving pattern variations in percentage. The validity of the proposed method was evaluated using the jerk profile, where a high correlation was found between the classification results and jerk distributions. Moreover, a positive relation between fuel consumption and driving aggressivity was also confirmed. Furthermore, it was found that weather condition, time of the day and ultimately, the driver's eagerness, can cause significant variations in driving style.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering, ICITE 2018
PublisherIEEE
Pages264-268
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538678312
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Oct 2018
Event3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering, ICITE 2018 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 3 Sept 20185 Sept 2018

Publication series

Name2018 3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering, ICITE 2018

Conference

Conference3rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering, ICITE 2018
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period3/09/185/09/18

Funding

ACKNOWLEDGMENT This research is supported by the China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 201508060041) and the University of Bath Graduate School Scholarship.

Keywords

  • Driving style classification
  • Fuel consumption
  • Principal component analysis
  • Support vector clustering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Control and Optimization
  • Transportation
  • Urban Studies

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