A comparison of driving characteristics and environmental characteristics using factor analysis and k-means clustering algorithm

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dc.contributor.authorJung, Heejinen
dc.contributor.committeechairHobeika, Antoine G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKikuchi, Shinyaen
dc.contributor.committeememberAbbas, Montasir M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWang, Linbingen
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:15:37Zen
dc.date.adate2012-09-19en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:15:37Zen
dc.date.issued2012-08-10en
dc.date.rdate2012-09-19en
dc.date.sdate2012-08-23en
dc.description.abstractThe dissertation aims to classify drivers based on driving and environmental behaviors. The research determined significant factors using factor analysis, identified different driver types using k-means clustering, and studied how the same drivers map in each classification domain. The research consists of two study cases. In the first study case, a new variable is proposed and then is used for classification. The drivers were divided into three groups. Two alternatives were designed to evaluate the environmental impact of driving behavior changes. In the second study case, two types of data sets were constructed: driving data and environmental data. The driving data represents driving behavior of individual drivers. The environmental data represents emissions and fuel consumption estimated by microscopic energy and emissions models. Significant factors were explored in each data set using factor analysis. A pair of factors was defined for each data set. Each pair of factors was used for each k-means clustering: driving clustering and environmental clustering. Then the factors were used to identify groups of drivers in each clustering domain. In the driving clustering, drivers were grouped into three clusters. In the environmental clustering, drivers were clustered into two groups. The groups from the driving clustering were compared to the groups from the environmental clustering in terms of emissions and fuel consumption. The three groups of drivers from the driving clustering were also mapped in the environmental domain. The results indicate that the differences in driving patterns among the three driver groups significantly influenced the emissions of HC, CO, and NOx. As a result, it was determined that the average target operating acceleration and braking did essentially influence the amount of emissions in terms of HC, CO, and NOx. Therefore, if drivers were to change their driving behavior to be more defensive, it is expected that emissions of HC, CO, and NOx would decrease. It was also found that spacing-based driving tended to produce less emissions but consumed more fuel than other groups, while speed-based driving produced relatively more emissions. On the other hand, the defensively moderate drivers consumed less fuel and produced fewer emissions.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-08232012-051108en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08232012-051108/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/28778en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartJung_HJ_D_2012.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectNGSIMen
dc.subjectdriving characteristicsen
dc.subjectfactor analysisen
dc.subjectk-means clusteringen
dc.subjectCMEMen
dc.titleA comparison of driving characteristics and environmental characteristics using factor analysis and k-means clustering algorithmen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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