DSC'99 - Driving Simulation Conference July 7-8, 1999 - PARIS


Scenario Languages for Driving Simulation

Joseph Kearney, Peter Willemsen
Department of Computer Science University of Iowa Iowa City,
Iowa United States
kearney@cs.uiowa.edu, willemsn@cs.uiowa.edu
Stéphane Donikian, Frédéric Devillers
IRISA Campus de Beaulieu Rennes, France
donikian@irisa.fr, fdeville@irisa.fr

Abstract

In this paper we examine the requirements for scenario control programming languages and consider approaches for designing textual-based scenario specification languages. By scenario programs, we mean the code that determines what objects are in the simulation environment and how object behaviors are coordinated to produce predictable experiences for the driver in a ground vehicle simulator. Scenario programming remains a challenging problem for applications that use simulation for driver training or studies of driver behavior