Method for damping a vehicle

A device for damping a vehicle, comprising:

• a first receiving unit configured to receive external load data for the vehicle;
• a second receiving unit configured to receive at least one damper velocity of a damper of the vehicle;
• a first providing unit configured to provide an optimization model configured to describe a relation between a target load for vehicle, at least one damper velocity of a damper of a vehicle, and at least one damper force of the at least one damper;
• a determining unit configured to determine at least one damper force of the damper for the vehicle by inputting the external load data and the at least one damper velocity into the optimization model;
• and
• a second providing unit configured to provide the at least one damper force of the at least one damper of the vehicle.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for damping a vehicle stored in a memory and executed by a processor to carry out steps comprising:

• receiving external load data for the vehicle;
• receiving at least one damper velocity of a damper of the vehicle;
• providing an optimization model configured to describe a relation between external load data for a vehicle, at least one damper velocity of a damper of a vehicle, and at least one damper force of the at least one damper;
• determining at least one damper force of the damper for the vehicle by inputting the external load data and the at least one damper velocity into the optimization model;
• and
• providing the at least one damper force of the at least one damper of the vehicle.