Model-based Development for Vehicular Embedded Systems Towards Design-space Exploration of Component Chains in Vehicle Software Handling Uncertainty in Automatically Generated Implementation Models in the Automotive Domain Raising Abstraction in Timing Analysis for Vehicular Embedded Systems through Model-Driven Engineering Anticipating Implementation-Level Timing Analysis for Driving Design-Level Decisions in EAST-ADL Comparative Evaluation of Timing Model Extraction Methodologies at EAST-ADL Design Level Towards a metamodel for the Rubus Component Model