Automated Vehicle Safety Cases: Structure & Scope
TRB ARTS 2024 presentation (slides and video)
In case you couldn’t make it to hear it live, here is my presentation for TRB/ARTS 2024.
Abstract:
Safety cases for automated vehicles must address at least four essential topics to support a claim of acceptable safety: (1) the particular claims of safety being made, including what acceptably safe means for the system being discussed; (2) a well-reasoned argument encompassing assumptions, defeaters, and evidence that supports the claims; (3) reasons why a design team justifiably believes they meet the stated safety claims; and (4) reasons why external stakeholders should find the safety case credible. The structure of a sound safety case is likely to differ across design teams based on the specifics of the vehicle and its operational concept.
Slides: https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/lectures/L146_2024-07-31-ARTS_SafetyCase.pdf
Archive.org downloadable video: https://archive.org/details/L146-arts-safety-case