BOOK REVIEW IEEE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MAGAZINE • 61 • SPRING 2013 T he Handbook of Intelligent Vehicles is edited by Prof. Azim Eskandarian and it is published in the middle of this year (2012). It constitutes a prac- tical and theoretical handbook that provides a broader (and fresh) picture of a large topic such as “intelligent automobiles.” Azim Eskandarian is Professor of Engineering and Applied Sci- ence and Director of the Center for Intelligent Systems Research (CISR) which conducts research in a variety of vehicle/highway safety, vehicle control, driver assistance, and traffic safety and control problems. The center is distinguished for significant con- tributions in Intelligent Vehicles and Transportation Systems. Intelligent Vehicles (IVs) includes a wide range of technologies that span from vehicle dynamics to infor- mation, communications, hard- ware, computer vision, artificial intelligence, ergonomics and human factors as well. Due to this diversity of technologies, the scientific refer- ences in IVs were fragmented in numerous resources (books, jour- nals and conference proceedings), while there was not a single title to provide the necessary coverage of the topic. This handbook aims to fill this space, capturing almost all the developments, technologies, open issues, current and future trends in a comprehensive format, addressing all essential topics and subtopics of intelligent vehicles. The handbook is organized in two separated volumes and the topics are divided in 11 sections, as shown below: ■ Section 1 “Overview of Intel- ligent Vehicle Systems and approaches”: includes infor- mation about intelligent func- tions, sensing and actuation, situational awareness, auto- matic controls and simulation in intelligent vehicles. ■ Sections 2 “Vehicle Longitudinal and Lateral Control Systems”: covers issues like longitudinal, adaptive and cooperative cruise controls and lateral control in vehicles. ■ Section 3 “Special Vehicular Sys- tems”: deals with modern topics such as drive-by-wire and pow- ertrain systems in intelligent automobiles. ■ Section 4 “Positioning, Naviga- tion and Trajectory Control”: This large section presents the latest trends in Global Naviga- tion Satellite Systems, enhanced map matching, vehicle naviga- tion, in-car navigation systems and road prediction for trajec- tory control applications. ■ Section 5 “Driver Assistance”: presents fundamental issues of assistance systems, driver behav- ior modeling, test and evaluation techniques and intelligent speed adaptation. ■ Section 6 “Safety and Comfort Sys- tems”: covers critical topics such as collision warning and avoid- ance systems, lane departure/ keeping systems, lane assistant Review of the Book Handbook of Intelligent Vehicles Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MITS.2012.2231211 Date of publication: 23 January 2013 Title: Handbook of Intelligent Vehicles (2 Volumes) Authors: Azim Eskandarian (Editor) ISBN/ Press/Year: 978-0-85729-084-7 Springer, 2012 Price: €699,00 WWW link: http://www. springer.com/engineering/ mechanical+engineering/ book/978-0-85729-084-7