Framework for safety assessment of autonomous driving functions up to SAE level 5 by self-learning iteratively improving control loops between development, safety and field life cycle phases

Safety verification and validation of autonomous driving functions up to SAE level 5 pose enormous challenges for car manufacturers. The paper argues that efficient improvement opportunities arise by suitably combining iterative development and verification processes that use self-learning approaches and well-defined quality and convergence criteria within a conceptual framework. The following cyc...