38 European partners to focus on model-based analysis and testing of embedded systems
This ARTEMIS project gathers nearly 80 participants from 8 countries and involves around 40 companies, including leading industry, tool vendors and research institutes. The MBAT project has set itself the goal to develop efficient and cost-saving methods and tools that guarantee that these requirements are met. Many complex tests and analyses have to be executed to ascertain that the developed system meets all requirements. All possible sources of errors have to be identified and removed. Static analysis techniques adopt mathematical methods and principles to analyse an abstract design specification of a system.
Digital controllers are an essential part in modern transportation systems. They are necessary to provide the various state-of-the-art safety and usability functions. Since errors in these systems can easily cause serious harm for passengers and the environment, high demands are particularly placed on their correct and reliable functioning. Dynamic tests procedures use prototypes and simulate specific scenarios to investigate the impact of erroneous behavior. Both methods complement each other. Static analysis can be used early in the development process allowing a complete analysis of all possible combinations of failures and system configurations. On very large and complex systems the required calculations often cannot be done in acceptable time. Test procedures based on prototypes can analyze specific situations in detail, even in very complex systems. But it is hard to test every possible situation because the amount of combinations of the internal and external states of the system is very huge. Also the effort and the costs for creating a prototype are very high.
MBAT aims to achieve better results by combining test and analysis methods. A new leading-edge Reference Technology Platform (RTP) for effective and cost-reducing validation and verification of Embedded Systems will be developed. This will be of high value for the European industry and future projects.
The MBAT project is a joint effort of 38 partners all over Europe, comprising about 3000 person months. It is supported by the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking (the European Public-Private Partnership for Advanced Research and Technology for Embedded Intelligence and Systems) and by National Funding. The total costs of the project is about 34 million euros, of which 11 millions are contributed by national authorities and 6 millions by the ARTEMIS JU. The planned duration of the project is three years (November 2011 – October 2014). Related projects are CESAR, p/nSafeCer and SPES 2020. The project is coordinated by Daimler (DE), project manager is OFFIS (DE).
The partners involved in MBAT are: Daimler (DE), Aalborg University (DK), AbsInt (DE), Airbus (FR), AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (AT), Alenia SIA.(IT), ALES (IT), All4tec (FR), Alstom (FR), AMET (IT), Ansaldo STS (IT), AVL List (AT), BTC Embedded Systems (DE), CEA List (FR), Dassault Systemes (F), EADS Cassidian (DE), EADS Innovation Works (UK), École normale supérieure Paris (FR), Elvior (ET), ENEA (SE), Fraunhofer IESE (DE), Infineon Technologies Austria( AT), Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (Royal Institute of Technology) (SE), Mälardalen University (SE), MBtech Group (DE), OFFIS (DE), PikeTec (DE), Ricardo (UK), Rockwell Collins France (FR), SELEX Sistemi Integrati (IT), Siemens (DE), Technical University Graz (AT), Thales Alenia Space France (FR), Thales Research & Technology (FR), Thales Global Services (FR), Technical University Munich (DE), Virtual Vehicle Competence Center (AT), and Volvo Technology Cooperation (SE).
More information at www.mbat-artemis.eu
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