Virtualization for Testing in Model-Driven Distributed System

Most automotive companies are facing key challenges of improving quality and reducing time to market with limited resources. One of the methods for achieving key challenges is virtual simulation test in early development phase. The methodology of creating a model-driven distributed system with communication database as well as automatically generating models from specifications is proposed. In order to detect faults of functions and inconsistency of communication signals between specifications and vehicle network, the manual and automated test methods which can verify a model-driven distributed system is represented. This was applied successfully in the production project. The usefulness of the developed methodology and the tool is well ensured through the discovery of defects.