The transition towards integrated safety systems will raise two problems:
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Computer-based components will become more safety-critical than today. Traditional safety concepts such as mechanical fallback will no longer be sufficient. The automotive industry needs specifically tailored engineering approaches for highly dependable computer-based systems. No standardized approach exists so far and approaches from other industry sectors are not applicable.
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Integrated safety systems will consist of subsystems from different suppliers that interact with each other. Ensuring system safety will be a matter that involves several parties. Clear interfaces, responsibilities and dependability assurance procedures have to be defined.
Main Objectives
Starting from a state of the art survey, approaches from other industry sectors will be analyzed for their adaptability to the automotive domain. The EASIS project will also incorporate current trends in academic research, such as formal methods. The goal of WP3 is to define guidelines which provide a foundation for a standardized approach to integrated safety system engineering. In detail WP3 is concerned with the following dependability-related issues in system engineering:
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Hazard identification and classification
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Design principles for safety-critical components and systems
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Validation and verification
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Safety case construction
Partners:
Contact:
Robert Bosch GmbH, CR/AEA
Mr. Marko Auerswald
