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TEL AVIV, Israel, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

- M-SDL used in OpenSCENARIO 2.0 concept document for all examples of a

domain-specific Scenario Description Language, critical to ADAS & AV

verification and validation

Foretellix [http://www.foretellix.com/], an Israeli based start-up with a

mission to enable measurable safety of advanced driver assistance systems

(ADAS) & autonomous vehicles (AVs), today announced that its Open M-SDL

language concepts are included in the recently published ASAM OpenSCENARIO 2.0

Concept Document published by the Association for Standardization of Automation

and Measuring Systems (ASAM, www.asam.net). ASAM membership consists of around

300 member organizations worldwide. These member organizations include

automotive OEMs, suppliers, tool vendors, engineering service providers and

research institutes.

Foretellix had previously opened M-SDL (Measurable Scenario Description

Language) and contributed its concepts to the ASAM OpenSCENARIO concept working

group. M-SDL is the first open language that addresses multiple shortcomings of

today's formats, languages, methods and metrics used to verify and validate

ADAS and AVs, and address the industry mandate for 'measurable safety'. Over

500 engineers from 250 different entities have already downloaded the M-SDL

specification.

The ASAM OpenSCENARIO 2.0 standard is meant to support the definition of tests

and scenarios for the full development process of autonomous vehicles, and the

full complexity of real-world scenarios, including complex inner-city traffic.

Required use cases span from pure software-based simulation, through SIL, HIL,

VIL hybrid testing models, up to test tracks and street driving. It will also

ensure a migration path from ASAM OpenSCENARIO 1.x, with execution

compatibility. The ASAM OpenSCENARIO 2.0 concept document has been published

and is available on ASAM's website here.

The concept document uses M-SDL for all examples of a declarative domain

specific Scenario Description Language. The document includes the description

"The foundational concept of OpenSCENARIO 2.0 is to establish a domain specific

language of a declarative nature. A declarative language describes what should

happen on scenario execution (including the required

parameterization/variation), rather than how to do it. A declarative language

can also have a dual interpretation, i.e. provide a single scenario description

which can be used to describe both how to make it and how to monitor that it

indeed happened....In cases where examples are supplied, they are supplied

using the foundation of the M-SDL language".

"Foretellix is proud that M-SDL is used in this document as an example for a

domain specific scenario description language," said Gil Amid, Co-founder of

Foretellix and project leader for the ASAM OpenSCENARIO 2.0 concept project.

"Foretellix is committed to open standards and is looking forward to expand its

contributions to the ASAM OpenSCENARIO 2.0 standards development phase now

being started within ASAM."

"ASAM is pleased to deliver a powerful concept for ASAM OpenSCENARIO 2.0 that

meets the industry's critical requirements for scenario based testing,

verification and validation and the full simulation domain", said Klaus

Estenfeld, Managing Director for ASAM. "We are also thankful for all the

contributions from Foretellix and all other project members in crystallizing

these concepts with tangible examples. We expect the ASAM OpenSCENARIO 2.0

standard to build on these concepts with additional contributions from many

companies and DSL developers around the world."

Foretellix will be hosting a webinar on April 30th, 2020, that describes the

M-SDL language and it's contribution to ASAM OpenSCENARIO 2.0 concepts.

Registration for the webinar is available at the following link.

About Foretellix

Foretellix's mission is to enable 'measurable safety' of advanced driver

assistance systems & autonomous vehicles, enabled by a transition from

'quantity of miles' to 'quality of coverage'.

Foretellix was founded by a team of pioneers in measurable verification and

validation, with a highly automated and proven coverage driven methodology

broadly adopted in the semiconductor industry. They have adapted and tailored

their approach for the safety verification and validation of automated driving

systems.

Foretellix's Foretify Technology includes an open, high level Measurable

Scenario Description Language (M-SDL), intelligent and scalable automation,

analytics and metrics. This includes the functional coverage metrics required

to make a compelling 'safety case' to consumers, developers, insurance

companies and regulators.

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SOURCE: Foretellix