Towards Simulation-Based Verification for Continuous Integration and Delivery

The criticality, complexity and authority of automotive embedded systems have major implications on the engineering activities: Development need to be fast and efficient but always result in correct and safe products. These competing needs are both served by using model based continuous integration. In this paper, we discuss a workflow and system representation approach investigated in a Swedish research project, HeavyRoad. The approach entails a component based representation of both software and systems, subject to a systematic variability representation. The simulation methods allow different fidelity for the software-based content as well as for the multi-physics simulations of non-software. The approach is illustrated by an example.