Context-aware, Ante-hoc Explanations of Driving Behaviour

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Main Authors: Grundt, Dominik, Saxena, Ishan, Petersen, Malte, Westphal, Bernd, Möhlmann, Eike
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author Grundt, Dominik
Saxena, Ishan
Petersen, Malte
Westphal, Bernd
Möhlmann, Eike
author_facet Grundt, Dominik
Saxena, Ishan
Petersen, Malte
Westphal, Bernd
Möhlmann, Eike
contents Autonomous vehicles (AVs) must be both safe and trustworthy to gain social acceptance and become a viable option for everyday public transportation. Explanations about the system behaviour can increase safety and trust in AVs. Unfortunately, explaining the system behaviour of AI-based driving functions is particularly challenging, as decision-making processes are often opaque. The field of Explainability Engineering tackles this challenge by developing explanation models at design time. These models are designed from system design artefacts and stakeholder needs to develop correct and good explanations. To support this field, we propose an approach that enables context-aware, ante-hoc explanations of (un)expectable driving manoeuvres at runtime. The visual yet formal language Traffic Sequence Charts is used to formalise explanation contexts, as well as corresponding (un)expectable driving manoeuvres. A dedicated runtime monitoring enables context-recognition and ante-hoc presentation of explanations at runtime. In combination, we aim to support the bridging of correct and good explanations. Our method is demonstrated in a simulated overtaking.
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spellingShingle Context-aware, Ante-hoc Explanations of Driving Behaviour
Grundt, Dominik
Saxena, Ishan
Petersen, Malte
Westphal, Bernd
Möhlmann, Eike
Logic in Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) must be both safe and trustworthy to gain social acceptance and become a viable option for everyday public transportation. Explanations about the system behaviour can increase safety and trust in AVs. Unfortunately, explaining the system behaviour of AI-based driving functions is particularly challenging, as decision-making processes are often opaque. The field of Explainability Engineering tackles this challenge by developing explanation models at design time. These models are designed from system design artefacts and stakeholder needs to develop correct and good explanations. To support this field, we propose an approach that enables context-aware, ante-hoc explanations of (un)expectable driving manoeuvres at runtime. The visual yet formal language Traffic Sequence Charts is used to formalise explanation contexts, as well as corresponding (un)expectable driving manoeuvres. A dedicated runtime monitoring enables context-recognition and ante-hoc presentation of explanations at runtime. In combination, we aim to support the bridging of correct and good explanations. Our method is demonstrated in a simulated overtaking.
title Context-aware, Ante-hoc Explanations of Driving Behaviour
topic Logic in Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14428