Automation is becoming prevalent in more and more industrial domains due to the potential
benefits in cost reduction as well as the new approaches/solutions they enable. When …

Understanding the behavior of a system during its design is currently one of the greatest
challenges in systems engineering. These systems, for example interventional X-ray …

The technical evolution enables the development and application of autonomous systems in
various domains. In the on-road and off-road vehicle domains, autonomous vehicles are …

Abstract The European Railway Traffic Management system (ERTMS) aims at replacing the
different national train control and command systems in Europe and will serve to make rail …

To make the world a safer place while adapting high-end technologies, engineers have to
address societal concerns about the safety of emerging high-tech systems. While adapting …

Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) promises efficient and effective systems
development, by providing integrated system model views and streamlining the transition …

Safety-critical systems may fail dangerously with severe consequences to the health of the
involved humans, costly equipment, the environment, or other valuable assets of a …

Abstract The European Railway Traffic Management system (ERTMS) aims to replace the
various national train command and control systems in Europe, and will serve to improve …

The shift to transparency and rising need of the general public for safety, together with the
increasing complexity and interdisciplinarity of modern safety-critical Systems of Systems …

System-of-Systems (SoS) refer to complex, large-scale, and often critical software-intensive
systems whose importance has rapidly grown over this decade. This is the case, for …