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Automated Driving System Safety Measurement Part 1: Operating Envelope Specification

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Author(s)

Edward Griffor, David A. Wollman, Chris Greer

Abstract

The safety of Automated Driving System (ADS) equipped vehicles and reliable methods for assessing that safety are critical for successfully deploying these engineered systems into the market. This document presents a novel approach for developing an ADS safety measurement methodology, which came from the NIST Automated Driving System Safety Measurement (ADSSM) Technical Working Group. The new approach brings together the concept of an Operating Envelope Specification (OES)—a structured description of environmental factors or aspects that an ADS may encounter during operation—and the NIST Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 1900-301
Report Number
1900-301
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1900-301
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Keywords

Automated Driving System (ADS), Automated Driving System safety measurement, cyber-physical systems, Operational Design Domain (ODD), Operating Envelope Specification (OES), vehicle safety measurement.
Transportation, Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-physical systems and Automotive

Citation

Griffor, E. , Wollman, D. and Greer, C. (2021), Automated Driving System Safety Measurement Part 1: Operating Envelope Specification, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1900-301, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=933264 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created December 2, 2021, Updated April 19, 2023
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