Validation of a Unified Model of Driver behaviour for train domain

In this paper, authors goal is to present part of the work carried out within the European project ITERATE. The objective of ITERATE is to develop a Unified Model of Driver (UMD) behaviour and driver interaction with innovative technologies in emergency situations. Such a UMD could be used when designing innovative technologies for assessment and tuning of the systems in a safe and controllable environment, when guiding designers in identifying potential problem areas, when adapting systems to the drivers before being available on the market and providing better support to the driver in emergency situations, or, for authorities, as a guide in assessing and approving innovative technologies. Authors will mainly focus on the UMD validation process on a miniature railway platform. An exhaustive presentation of the COR&GEST platform is given to understand how the comparison with a numerical simulation is possible. The command of the miniature train model is demonstrated and the visual interface for driver is depicted. Then, the data collected during experiments and the process to analyse the results are indicated. Finally, the numerical SiMUD tool and the experimental results are compared to assess the validity of the UMD.