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Another aspect that must be validated is the Reliability and Security of the
electronic control systems. Diagnostics, prognostics, and fail-safe mechanisms
must be developed for all the safety-critical electronic control systems. Such
mechanisms will allow improving the safety of driving and will increase the
autonomous driving acceptance. Research on this field must target both safe
reliability, which includes functional safety, diagnosis, prognosis, availability,
and certification of the system, and cybersecurity by bridging all the system
gaps that can be compromised by cyber attacks.
Finally, System Performance must be studied in all circumstances. The func-
tional descriptions and the potential restriction for the automation systems of
higher autonomy levels and the safety performance requirements must be care-
fully developed in order to guarantee a minimum level of performance.
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