Safety-Critical Systems: The Convergence of High Tech and Human Factors: Proceedings of the Fourth Safety-critical Systems Symposium Leeds, UK 6–8 February 1996 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3540760091 ISBN 13: 9783540760092

Publisher: Springer, 1996

Synopsis

Safety-critical systems, in the sense of software-based systems used in safety­ critical applications, are 'high-tech'. They are products of modern technology. Their effective, efficient and safe functioning depends not only on the devel­ opment of the right technologies but also on the right use of them. The safety of a system may be compromised not only by faults in the system but also by the use in the first place of an unreliable, unsafe, or unproved technology in its development. The key to the development and use of both technologies and systems is the human being. Until recently, the importance of human involvement, other than at the direct operational level, was hardly admitted. But now the unreliability of humans is recognised, as is the potential for latent faults to be introduced into systems at any point in their life cycles, by all who are in­ volved with them, including designers and strategic decision makers.

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Synopsis

These conference proceedings cover such topics as managing risky projects, human issues in the software development process, managing the legal risks in safety critical systems, impact as a human factor in interactive system design, and system safety through formal domain-specific languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540760091
• ISBN 13: 9783540760092
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Redmill Felix, Anderson Tom