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The successful deployment of modeling packages across large organizations depends on the adoption of a uniform set of modeling standards within the organization. Further, the automation of modeling standards enforcement greatly facilitates their adoption. This paper examines several case studies of large-scale deployment of Model-Based Design and the areas where standards enforcement automation was employed. The paper further examines several areas where automation could be employed to improve the deployment process.

Model-Based Design with production code generation has been extensively utilized throughout the automotive software engineering community because of its ability to address complexity, productivity, and quality challenges. With new applications such as lane departure warning or electromechanical steering, engineers have begun to consider Model-Based Design to develop embedded software for applications that need to comply with safety standards such as IEC 61508. For in-vehicle applications, IEC 61508 is often considered state-of-the-art or generally accepted rules of technology (GART) for development of high-integrity software [6, 11]. In order to demonstrate standards compliance, the objectives and recommendations outlined in IEC 61508-3 [8] must be mapped onto processes and tools for Model-Based Design. This paper discusses a verification and validation workflow for developing in-vehicle software components which need to comply with IEC 61508-3 using Model-Based Design.