Abstract: A computer-implemented method for simulating a technical device, wherein a plurality of hardware units are connected to one another via a network in the technical device to be simulated. The method includes simulation of the individual hardware units by a hardware simulation unit, in particular by executing software to be executed in the individual hardware units; simulation of the network by a network simulation unit, in particular by simulating data transmissions between the individual hardware units via the network; determination of a simulation time base by a time simulation unit; and temporal coordination of the simulation of the individual hardware units and of the simulation of the network by the time simulation unit based on the simulation time base.

Abstract: A method for simulating a first computing unit in a second computing unit, wherein software executed in the first computing unit to be simulated is executed in the second computing unit. The method includes determining, by a scheduling module in the second computing unit, a time schedule according to which processes of the software are processed in the first computing unit to be simulated; executing, by at least one simulation module in the second computing unit, the software for simulating the first computing unit, wherein the at least one simulation module performs a predetermined action at a respective predetermined action time point based on the time schedule, in order to obtain an action result; determining, based on the action result, an action time point of a future, in particular next, action; and using the determined action time point for the time schedule.

Abstract: A method and device for evaluating a function for predicting a trajectory of an object in an environment of a vehicle. The method includes acquiring first environment data values representing the environment of the vehicle at a first point in time, and the first environment data values including a start position of the object and object parameters; determining a trajectory of the object as a function of the start position and the object parameters, the trajectory including a possible position of the object at a second point in time later than the first point in time; acquiring second environment data values representing the environment of the vehicle at the second point in time and including an actual position of the object; determining an agreement between the possible position and the actual position at the second point in time; and evaluating the function as a function of the agreement.