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Evaluation of professional driver’s eco-driving skills based on type-2 fuzzy logic model

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Due to the great market competition, transport companies face the need to reduce their vehicle fleet costs. The vehicle fleet managers’ actions on the driver’s driving style to achieve fuel consumption savings are measures to increase the fleet’s energy efficiency. The authors developed a model for evaluating driving style using a type-2 fuzzy logic system. The model comprehensively considers three parameters: engine speed, accelerator pedal position, and acceleration/deceleration. These parameters can precisely describe the driving style and additionally have a strong influence on fuel consumption. The model output is the driver’s score, representing the influence of driving style to fuel consumption. The model is tested in the company whose drivers have attended the eco-driving training course. Each driver’s driving style was monitored for 15 days to obtain trustworthy assessments regarding driving style. The result was twofold: firstly, we point out the importance of simultaneous observation of all three defined parameters to get reliable driver’s score in terms of driving style, and secondly, it is established that drivers have significantly different driving styles regardless of whether they have attended the same eco-driving training. The established differences in driving styles have a direct impact on the obtained differences in fuel consumption among drivers. The proposed model can significantly reduce fuel consumption depending on the driving style and increase the vehicle fleet’s energy efficiency.

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The authors wish to express their gratitude to the company Delmax Ltd. for providing necessary drivers and vehicles for this research and gratitude to company Inova Tech Ltd. for providing necessary devices and technical support.

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This paper has been realised within the project "Development of the Model for Managing the Vehicle Technical Condition to Increase its Energy Efficiency and Reduce Exhaust Emissions" (TR36010), supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.

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  2. Department of Logistics, Military Academy, University of Defence in Belgrade, Pavla Jurišića Šturma 33, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

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Zdravković, S., Vujanović, D., Stokić, M. et al. Evaluation of professional driver’s eco-driving skills based on type-2 fuzzy logic model. Neural Comput & Applic 33, 11541–11554 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-021-05823-z

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