Abstract
In this chapter it will be discussed how data from Field
Operational Tests of Intelligent Transport Systems can be
managed and shared. The Field Operational Tests, where
hundreds of users get to experience the latest systems,
aim to assess the impacts that would result from a
wide-scale implementation. Evaluation principles of Field
Operational Tests will be explained, and a closer look
will be taken at the data that is collected for carrying
out the assessments. The widely used FESTA methodology
for designing and conducting Field Operational Tests and
Naturalistic Driving Studies already provides several
recommendations for managing data. This methodology will
be discussed and illustrated by examples of its use in
European projects. As field test projects set out to
collect a huge set of data, the projects themselves do
not usually have the scope or the resources to analyze
the data from every perspective. Therefore re-use of the
collected data also by other projects with different
research questions has the potential to generate a wealth
of new knowledge about what is happening in the
interactions between drivers, vehicles and the
infrastructure. Data sharing is the focus of a European
support action, FOT-Net Data. The support action is
working, with international collaboration, to form a data
sharing framework, a data catalogue, and provide detailed
recommendations for sharing and re-use. Outcomes from
this activity will be discussed. Ways of sharing
different types of data will be described, including the
necessary steps to be taken to open up the data.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Intelligent Transportation Systems |
| Subtitle of host publication | From Good Practices to Standards |
| Editors | Paolo Pagano |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 59-70 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4987-2187-5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4987-2186-8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| MoE publication type | D2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material |
Keywords
- field operational test
- data