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Filling the gap between automotive systems, safety, and software engineering

Integration von System-, Safety- und Software-Entwicklung im automobilen Umfeld

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Development of embedded automotive systems has become tremendously complex in recent years. The trend of replacing traditional mechanical systems by modern embedded systems, and the launch of automotive multi-core systems enable deployment of more advanced control strategies. However, these applications require different safety concepts with different levels of criticality; and providing consistency of the safety concept during the entire product lifecycle is a tedious task. Additionally, new automotive safety standards, such as ISO 26262, and the de-facto industry standard AUTOSAR require efficient and consistent product development and tool support. The aim of the presented work is to establish a model-driven system and safety-engineering framework to support the seamless description of safety-critical systems, from requirements at the system level to final component implementation.

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Die Komplexität von Embedded Systems im Automobil hat in den letzten Jahren enorm zugenommen. Der Trend, etablierte, mechanische Systeme durch moderne eingebettete Controller zu ersetzen und die Einführung von speziell für den Einsatz im Kraftfahrzeug konzipierten Multi-Core-Systemen ermöglicht die Entwicklung von ausgeklügelten Fahrassistenz- und Komfortfunktionen. Allerdings fordern diese Anwendungen unterschiedliche Sicherheitskonzepte mit unterschiedlichen Kritikalitätsstufen und die Einhaltung dieser Richtlinien während der gesamten Produktentwicklung. Die Einführung des neuen Automotive-Sicherheitsstandards ISO 26262 und der Industriestandard AUTOSAR erfordern zusätzlich effiziente und konsequente Produktentwicklung und Werkzeugunterstützung. Das Ziel der vorgestellten Arbeit ist es, ein Modell-basiertes Entwicklungsframework zur Unterstützung der durchgängigen Beschreibung von sicherheitskritischen Systemen von Defintion der Anforderungen auf Systemebene zur Komponentenentwicklung zu ermöglichen.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of the “COMET K2—Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies Programme” of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT), the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth (BMWFJ), the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), the Province of Styria, and the Styrian Business Promotion Agency (SFG).

Furthermore, we would like to express our thanks to our supporting project partners, AVL List GmbH, Virtual Vehicle Research Center, and Graz University of Technology.

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    Georg Macher & Christian Kreiner

  2. AVL List GmbH, Hans-List-Platz 1, 8020, Graz, Austria

    Georg Macher & Eric Armengaud

  3. Virtual Vehicle Competence Center, Inffeldgasse 21a, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Michael Stolz

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Macher, G., Stolz, M., Armengaud, E. et al. Filling the gap between automotive systems, safety, and software engineering. Elektrotech. Inftech. 132, 142–148 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00502-015-0301-x

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