A Roadmap for Simulation-Based Testing of Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems: Challenges and Future Direction

C Birchler, S Khatiri, P Rani, T Kehrer… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
As the era of autonomous cyber-physical systems (ACPSs), such as unmanned aerial
vehicles and self-driving cars, unfolds, the demand for robust testing methodologies is key to …

Diversity-guided search exploration for self-driving cars test generation through Frenet space encoding

T Blattner, C Birchler, T Kehrer… - Proceedings of the 17th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
The rise of self-driving cars (SDCs) presents important safety challenges to address in
dynamic environments. While field testing is essential, current methods lack diversity in …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying safety–critical concerns in unmanned aerial vehicle software platforms with SALIENT

S Khatiri, A Di Sorbo, F Zampetti, CA Visaggio… - SoftwareX, 2024 - Elsevier
Safety-related concerns may emerge during the operation of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), reported by users and developers in the form of issue reports and pull requests. To …

When Uncertainty Leads to Unsafety: Empirical Insights into the Role of Uncertainty in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Safety

S Khatiri, FM Amin, S Panichella, P Tonella - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
Despite the recent developments in obstacle avoidance and other safety features,
autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) continue to face safety challenges. No …

AdvFuzz: Finding More Violations Caused by the EGO Vehicle in Simulation Testing by Adversarial NPC Vehicles

Y Lu, Y Tian, D Wang, B Chen, X Peng - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.19567, 2024 - arxiv.org
Recently, there has been a significant escalation in both academic and industrial
commitment towards the development of autonomous driving systems (ADSs). A number of …

Generating Critical Scenarios for Testing Automated Driving Systems

TH Nguyen, TG Vuong, HN Duong, S Nguyen… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have demonstrated significant potential in revolutionizing
transportation, yet ensuring their safety and reliability remains a critical challenge, especially …

Development and Evaluation of a VR-based Driving Test Simulator

K Poddar, B Sharma, S Sharma - … Conference on I-SMAC (IoT in …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This research shows the construction and assessment of a Virtual Reality (VR)-based
driving test simulator designed to improve the evaluation of driving skill. Many often …