Highlights A layered algorithm integrates Dynamic Bayesian Network and supervised clustering. The algorithm detects driver cognitive distraction using gaze and driving measures. The algorithm significantly improves computational efficiency and interpretability. The layered algorithm capitalizes the best attributes of component methods. Supervised clustering shows the great value to feature reduction in data mining.
Abstract Driver cognitive distraction (e.g., hand-free cell phone conversation) can lead to unapparent, but detrimental, impairment to driving safety. Detecting cognitive distraction represents an important function for driver distraction mitigation systems. We developed a layered algorithm that integrated two data mining methods—Dynamic Bayesian Network (DBN) and supervised clustering—to detect cognitive distraction using eye movement and driving performance measures. In this study, the algorithm was trained and tested with the data collected in a simulator-based study, where drivers drove either with or without an auditory secondary task. We calculated 19 distraction indicators and defined cognitive distraction using the experimental condition (i.e., “distraction” as in the drives with the secondary task, and “no distraction” as in the drives without the secondary task). We compared the layered algorithm with previously developed DBN and Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithms. The results showed that the layered algorithm achieved comparable prediction performance as the two alternatives. Nonetheless, the layered algorithm shortened training and prediction time compared to the original DBN because supervised clustering improved computational efficiency by reducing the number of inputs for DBNs. Moreover, the supervised clustering of the layered algorithm revealed rich information on the relationship between driver cognitive state and performance. This study demonstrates that the layered algorithm can capitalize on the best attributes of component data mining methods and can identify human cognitive state efficiently. The study also shows the value in considering the supervised clustering method as an approach to feature reduction in data mining applications.
A hybrid Bayesian Network approach to detect driver cognitive distraction
Tramsportation Research, Part C: Emerging Technologies ; 38 ; 146-155
2013-10-23
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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