Determining One or More Characteristic Values and Simulating Traffic for an Autonomously Trafficable Environment

A method of determining one or more characteristic values for an environment autonomously trafficable by vehicles, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a spatially resolving, electronically usable representation of the environment;
• providing parameters that describe properties of vehicles and summary properties of the traffic to be simulated in the environment;
• simulating the traffic in the environment with reference to the electronically usable representation of the environment and with reference to the parameters provided;
• in the simulation, detecting events of interest and counting same;
• determining the characteristic value or characteristic values with reference to the count result;
• and
• outputting and/or storing the characteristic value or characteristic values.

An apparatus for determining one or more characteristic values for an environment autonomously trafficable by vehicles comprising

• an interface to an apparatus for a spatially resolving, electronically usable representation of the environment;
• a store for storing parameters that describe properties of vehicles and of the traffic in the environment;
• a simulation device for simulating the traffic in the environment with reference to the electronically usable representation of the environment and with reference to the parameters provided;
• a detection and counting apparatus for detecting events of interest and for counting the same in the simulation;
• a determination device for determining the characteristic values with reference to the counter result;
• and
• an output and storing device for outputting and/or storing the characteristic value.