US Patent 10977879 Method and system for vehicle platform validation

A method of evaluating compatibility of a first system component of a vehicle, the method including providing a database including vehicle platform configuration information including configuration information about two or more vehicle models, wherein each vehicle model includes one or more aspect domains and each aspect domain includes one or more system components. Each system component includes configuration information. At least two system components of two different vehicle models belong to the same aspect domain. The method also includes determining a compatibility result between said first system component and at least one other system component in said vehicle platform by comparing the configuration information of said first system component to the configuration information of said at least one other system component.