Managing the Challenges of Automotive Embedded Software Development Using Model-Based Methods for Design and Specification

This paper will discuss the issues associated with the creation of embedded software for automotive electronic control systems and show how these issues can be addressed using model-based methods to design, test and implement these systems. Model-based methods are already in use for many automotive applications, and there are potentially many more areas where they could be used, especially as the number and complexity of automotive embedded control systems increase. This paper will cite several examples of the successful use of model-based design.