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Autonomous vehicle safety: lessons from aviation

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Jaynarayan H. Lala,

Carl E. Landwehr,

John F. MeyerAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 63, Issue 9

Pages 28 - 31

https://doi.org/10.1145/3411053

Published: 21 August 2020 Publication History

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How more than 25years of experience with aviation safety-critical systems can be applied to autonomous vehicle systems.

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September 2020

90 pages

ISSN:0001-0782

EISSN:1557-7317

DOI:10.1145/3419453

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