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Abstract

This Special Issue on Risk, Resilience and Reliability for Autonomous Vehicle Technologies: Trends, Techniques and Challenges contains a collection of six research papers and two technical briefs. The Issue reflects the need to rethink system representation techniques (e.g., Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), Unified Modeling Language (UML), Systems Modeling Language (SysML)) and system risk assessment techniques (e.g., Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP), Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FEMA), FTA, STPA, Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM)). The focus is also on safety (performance in hazardous conditions) and cybersecurity. The technical briefs look forward to and emphasize on risk communication between humans and autonomous vehicles as well as look back into statistics of past collision incidents.