Introduction xiii Acknowledgements xix Chapter 1. Principles, Issues and Viewpoints of Traveler Information in a Multimodal Context 1 Guillaume USTER 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. A complexity that must be mastered 2 1.3. Multimodal information 5 1.4. The viatic concept: accompany the traveler 8 1.5. Other traveler information-based representative research projects in a multimodal context 10 1.6. Viewpoints 16 1.7. Bibliography 17 Chapter 2. User Needs Analysis Methodology for the Design of Traveler Information Systems 21 Pierre MORIZET-MAHOUDEAUX, Annette VALENTIN and Assia MOULOUDI 2.1.Introduction 21 2.2. Traveler information: a pluridisciplinary matter 22 2.3. The example of the P@ss-ITS project 23 2.4. RAMSES methodology for the collection, analysis and modeling of user needs 24 2.5. RAMSES in the context of the P@ss-ITS project 35 2.6. Conclusion 45 2.7. Bibliography 46 Chapter 3. A Generic Method for Personalizing Interactive Systems: Application to Traveler Information 51 Mourad ABED, Abdouroihamane ANLI, Christophe KOLSKI and Emmanuelle GRISLIN 3.1.Introduction 51 3.2. Personalization in HCI: examples of existing approaches, at the origin of the approach proposed 52 3.3. PerMet: method for the development of personalized information systems 57 3.4. PerSyst: personalization system supporting the PerMet method 62 3.5. Application to the public transport of people: itinerary search 65 3.6. Discussion about the possibility of generalization relative to personalization 84 3.7. Conclusion 86 3.8. Bibliography 87 Chapter 4. A Formal Framework for Design and Validation of Multimodal Interactive Systems in Transport Domain 93 Linda MOHAND OUSSAÏD, Nadjet KAMEL, Idir AÏT SADOUNE, Yamine AÏT AMEUR, Mohamed AHMED NACER 4.1. Introduction 93 4.2. Concepts of multimodality 94 4.3. Formal design 97 4.4. Use of formal methods for input multimodality 100 4.5. Use of formal methods for output multimodality 109 4.6. Conclusion 124 4.7. Bibliography 125 Chapter 5. From Human-machine Interaction to Cooperation: Towards the Integrated Copilot 129 Thierry BELLET, Jean-Michel HOC, Serge BOVERIE and Guy BOY 5.1. Introduction 129 5.2. Copiloting and human-machine cooperation: context and stakes for the automobile 131 5.3. Three realizations of cooperative devices for the purposes of automobile copiloting 135 5.4. Discussion: towards an “intelligent” and “integrated” copilot 146 5.5. Conclusion 150 5.6. Acknowledgements 151 5.7. Bibliography 152 Chapter 6. ICT and New Human-machine Interactions for Trucks and Buses of the Future: e-Truck and e-Bus Perspectives 157 Bertrand DAVID, René CHALON and Bernard FAVRE 6.1. Introduction 157 6.2. Trucks in the context of ICT 159 6.3. Informational context of the truck 160 6.4. Bus in the context of ICT 161 6.5. Principles of IMERA and HMTD 163 6.6. RAE (real augmented environment) for e-Trucks and e-Buses 163 6.7. HMI (Human-Machine Interface) needs for the e-Truck and e-Bus 165 6.8. Mobile Learning from e-Truck and e-Bus perspectives 168 6.9. ICT in city delivery 171 6.10. ICT in the dynamic management of road networks 178 6.11. Examples of initiatives and projects in direct or indirect link with the e-Truck and e-Bus concepts 183 6.12. Conclusion 196 6.13. Bibliography 198 Chapter 7. User-centered Approach to Design an Adaptive Truck Driving Assistance: Detection of Vulnerable Users in Urban Areas 203 Annick MAINCENT, Hélène TATTEGRAIN, Marie-Pierre BRUYAS and Arnaud BONNARD 7.1. Introduction 203 7.2. Methodological principles for an anthropocentric design 205 7.3. Contextual analyses in natural situations 209 7.4. Specification of the assistance 214 7.5. Development and integration of assistance solutions on a driving simulator 218 7.6. Evaluation of solutions on a driving simulator 224 7.7. Conclusions and viewpoints 229 7.8. Bibliography 230 Chapter 8. Menu Sonification in an Automotive Media Center: Design and Evaluation 233 Nicolas MISDARIIS, Julien TARDIEU, Sabine LANGLOIS and Séverine LOISEAU 8.1. General context 233 8.2. Specifications of the problem: identification of functions 235 8.3. State of the art 239 8.4. Method of sound design: hybrid model for the sonification of a hierarchical menu 250 8.5. Evaluation protocols: general evaluation methods 255 8.6. Methodology adopted for evaluation of the system and initial results 265 8.7. Discussion and perspectives 274 8.8. Bibliography 278 Chapter 9. Consideration of the Travel Time Experience in the Conceptual Models of Personalized Interactive Applications 283 Arnaud BROSSARD, Mourad ABED, Christophe KOLSKI and Guillaume USTER 9.1. Transport: a field with particular needs in terms of personalization of information 283 9.2. The modeling of applications and consideration of the needs of users in the context of personalizing interactive applications 284 9.3. Specificities in the field of transport in the framework of a method of modeling personalized interactive applications 290 9.4. Application of the method 299 9.5. Conclusion 306 9.6. Bibliography 306 Chapter 10. Towards New Interactive Displays in Stations and Airports 311 Christophe JACQUET, Yacine BELLIK and Yolaine BOURDA 10.1. Introduction 311 10.2. Related work 313 10.3. Targeted characteristics of the system 314 10.4. The KUP model 315 10.5. Agent architecture 320 10.6. Allocation and instantiation in KUP 321 10.7. Implementation 324 10.8. Experiments 325 10.9. Conclusions and perspectives 339 10.10. Bibliography 340 Chapter 11. Transport: a Fertile Ground for the Plasticity of User Interfaces 343 Gaëlle CALVARY, Audrey SERNA, Christophe KOLSKI and Joëlle COUTAZ 11.1. Introduction 343 11.2. Evolution of human-computer interaction 344 11.3. User interface plasticity: user viewpoint 352 11.4. User interface plasticity: system viewpoint 355 11.5. Towards a problem space for the implementation of plastic user interfaces 358 11.6. Conclusion and perspectives 363 11.7. Acknowledgements 364 11.8. Bibliography 364 List of Authors 369 Index 373