Citation

Park W, Min C, Perdu L, Escobar C. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 2012; 56(1): 2321-2325.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1071181312561488

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study presents novel methods for evaluating a vehicle interior design's ability to accommodate drivers' preferences. The methods are based on the consideration of a driver's intra-individual variability in the preferred settings of adjustable vehicle interior elements. A numerical index, named the Q index, quantifies a given vehicle interior design's ability to accommodate a single driver's preference. The Q index can also be used to quantify and visualize a design's ability to accommodate a group of drivers. Illustrative examples on the use of the methods are presented.

Language: en