Professor Azim Eskandarian has spent over 12 years directing a centre, which focuses on intelligent vehicles and transportation systems, at The George Washington University. In 2008 he was elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE ITS society. He is also an associate editor and editorial board member of five journals, including the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Transactions and the International Journal of Automotive Technology.

"Handbook of Intelligent Vehicles is an extremely valuable material for scientists, engineers and practitioners engaged to the new emerging field of Intelligent and utonomous Vehicles and all the supporting technologies/disciplines. More than 110 experts have contributed to these two volumes edited by Prof. Azim Eskandarian. Their expertise, their fresh look and novel ideas are reflected in every section. The result is an extremely ambitious title that could easily be the best seller in the field of Intelligent Vehicles for many years to come." Christos-Nikolaos E. Anagnostopoulos, University of the Aegean, IEEE Intelligent Transporation Systems 61

• Traffic Statistics and Challenges.- Introduction of Relevant Vehicular Systems and Control Functions.- Overview of Intelligent Vehicle Systems and Approaches.- Sensing and Situational Awareness.- Sensory Requirements: External, Internal, Positioning and Condition Monitoring.- Driver Assistance.- Trip Planning, Navigation, and Trajectory Control.- Advanced Control and Decision Systems.- Safety and Comfort Systems.- Drowsy and Fatigue Driver Detection, Monitoring, and Warning.- Computer Vision Systems and Algorithms.- Vehicular Communications Systems.- Drive-By-Wire.- Fully Autonomous Driving.- A Look to the Future.

Professor Azim Eskandarian has spent over 12 years directing a centre, which focuses on intelligent vehicles and transportation systems, at The George Washington University. In 2008 he was elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE ITS society. He is also an associate editor and editorial board member of five journals, including the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Transactions and the International Journal of Automotive Technology.

"Handbook of Intelligent Vehicles is an extremely valuable material for scientists, engineers and practitioners engaged to the new emerging field of Intelligent and utonomous Vehicles and all the supporting technologies/disciplines. More than 110 experts have contributed to these two volumes edited by Prof. Azim Eskandarian. Their expertise, their fresh look and novel ideas are reflected in every section. The result is an extremely ambitious title that could easily be the best seller in the field of Intelligent Vehicles for many years to come." Christos-Nikolaos E. Anagnostopoulos, University of the Aegean, IEEE Intelligent Transporation Systems 61

• Traffic Statistics and Challenges.- Introduction of Relevant Vehicular Systems and Control Functions.- Overview of Intelligent Vehicle Systems and Approaches.- Sensing and Situational Awareness.- Sensory Requirements: External, Internal, Positioning and Condition Monitoring.- Driver Assistance.- Trip Planning, Navigation, and Trajectory Control.- Advanced Control and Decision Systems.- Safety and Comfort Systems.- Drowsy and Fatigue Driver Detection, Monitoring, and Warning.- Computer Vision Systems and Algorithms.- Vehicular Communications Systems.- Drive-By-Wire.- Fully Autonomous Driving.- A Look to the Future.

Professor Azim Eskandarian has spent over 12 years directing a centre, which focuses on intelligent vehicles and transportation systems, at The George Washington University. In 2008 he was elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE ITS society. He is also an associate editor and editorial board member of five journals, including the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Transactions and the International Journal of Automotive Technology.

"Handbook of Intelligent Vehicles is an extremely valuable material for scientists, engineers and practitioners engaged to the new emerging field of Intelligent and utonomous Vehicles and all the supporting technologies/disciplines. More than 110 experts have contributed to these two volumes edited by Prof. Azim Eskandarian. Their expertise, their fresh look and novel ideas are reflected in every section. The result is an extremely ambitious title that could easily be the best seller in the field of Intelligent Vehicles for many years to come." Christos-Nikolaos E. Anagnostopoulos, University of the Aegean, IEEE Intelligent Transporation Systems 61

• Traffic Statistics and Challenges.- Introduction of Relevant Vehicular Systems and Control Functions.- Overview of Intelligent Vehicle Systems and Approaches.- Sensing and Situational Awareness.- Sensory Requirements: External, Internal, Positioning and Condition Monitoring.- Driver Assistance.- Trip Planning, Navigation, and Trajectory Control.- Advanced Control and Decision Systems.- Safety and Comfort Systems.- Drowsy and Fatigue Driver Detection, Monitoring, and Warning.- Computer Vision Systems and Algorithms.- Vehicular Communications Systems.- Drive-By-Wire.- Fully Autonomous Driving.- A Look to the Future.