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Application of Scheduling Methods in Designing Multimodal In-Vehicle Systems

Journal Article
2008-01-0560
ISSN: 1946-4614, e-ISSN: 1946-4622
Published April 14, 2008 by SAE International in United States
Application of Scheduling Methods in Designing Multimodal In-Vehicle Systems
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Citation: Wu, C., Tsimhoni, O., and Liu, Y., "Application of Scheduling Methods in Designing Multimodal In-Vehicle Systems," SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars - Electron. Electr. Syst. 1(1):202-210, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-0560.
Language: English

Abstract:

Multimodal in-vehicle systems (MIVS) may improve time-sharing performance of drivers. However, it is not always clear for designers of MIVS about how to select appropriate modalities and determine the optimal order of messages presented to a driver. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a general procedure to select several scheduling methods (e.g., Johnson's rule and non-identical parallel machine scheduling methods) and uses these scheduling methods to assign appropriate modalities and determine optimal order of messages presented to a driver. An empirical study of an example multimodal in-vehicle system was conducted and it validated the effectiveness of scheduling methods as a tool to improve driver performance and reduce driver workload. Further extensions of the current methodology and usage of this general procedure to select other scheduling methods are also discussed.