Operational Validation of Simulation Runs on Automated Simulation Platforms

Abstract

Scenario based testing is one of the major concepts on the route towards establishing a process for homologation of autonomous vehicles. While there is already a lot of progress in the domains of scenario exploration and standardization of interfaces for simulation models enabling automated scenario simulation the question of valid scalability is yet to be answered. Although container orchestration systems are widely used throughout several industries, the impact of scheduling algorithms on simulation run validity is not studied yet. Operational validity can become a concern as the hardware abstraction of such orchestration systems may oppose the requirement to test software on hardware that resembles the production system. This paper presents a concept on how to formalize operational validity and use this formalization to prove plausible simulation execution.