Autonomous driving evaluation using data analysis

A system for evaluating autonomous vehicle safety comprising:

• a database of criteria for safety of autonomous vehicles in a test space;
• a test space analyzer for dividing the test space into an intended test space and a un-intended test space, wherein the intended test space includes characterizations for the autonomous vehicle that can be quantified for said criteria for safety, and the un-intended test space includes characterizations that are not quantifiable for said criteria for safety;
• a safety calculator for the intended test space using at least one hardware processor to measure the safety of the autonomous vehicles in the intended test space according the database of criteria for safety;
• a feedback generator for feeding the un-intended test space as feedback into the intended test space;
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• a safety evaluator for evaluating the intended test space including the feedback from the unintended test space using a combined simulation of peripheral vehicles and autonomous vehicles to provide the evaluation of autonomous vehicle safety.

A computer program product for evaluating autonomous vehicle safety, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

• define criteria, using the processor, for safety of autonomous vehicles in a test space;
• divide, using the processor, the test space into an intended test space and a un-intended test space, wherein the intended test space includes characterizations for the autonomous vehicle that can be quantified for said criteria for safety, and the un-intended test space includes characterizations that are not quantifiable for said criteria for safety;
• measure, using the processor, the safety of the autonomous vehicles in the intended test space;
• apply, using the processor, the un-intended test space as feedback into the intended test space;
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• evaluate, using the processor, the intended test space including the feedback from the unintended test space using a combined simulation of peripheral vehicles and autonomous vehicles to provide the evaluation of autonomous vehicle safety.