Virtual validation of autonomous driving functions by AI-based simulation

Due to the high degree of connectivity of highly automated and autonomous vehicles, they must function in a variety of scenarios during the utilization phase. Providing a realistic test environment that covers these usage scenarios is a major challenge for virtual engineering of autonomous driving functions. Especially for the virtual validation of the driving functions, this requires a large number of simulation models of external systems involved, to which not every developer has access. However, AI procedures can possibly be used in future to reduce the effort required to generate the necessary simulation models.