On the Interest of Extending Internet of Behaviors to Internet of Habits: A Preliminary Exploration

Abstract

We are investigating in this paper the issue of managing driving behaviors. In spite of the intensive research works that have addressed this issue, there is still a need for further investigations concerning the changing magnitude of the behaviors, their impact, as well as their inter-relations. Within this context, we are proposing in this paper a new approach for driving behavior management via the concepts of the Internet of Driving Behaviors (IoDB) and the Internet of the Driving Habits (IoDH). We are particularly aiming to inspect driving behavior scores and identify those repetitive aggressive conducts that are becoming long-lasting habits. In order to prevent and/or heal any driving habits that would increase road traffic risks and crashes, we are proposing the Invest-Prevent-Heal-Accompany process that uses the concepts of Confusion Driving Matrix and Confusion Behavior Matrix to investigate the reasons and causes of traffic homogeneity and driving scores. We explore the interest of the proposed approach using a dataset of 942 trips of 252 drivers collected from a governmental organization at Muscat city, Oman.