Reliability, Quality and Safety of Software-Intensive Systems : Ifip Tc5 Wg5.4 3rd International Conference on Reliability, Quality and Safety of Software-Intensive Systems (Encress '97), 29th-30th May 1997, Athens, Greece

Dimitris Gritzalis

ISBN 10: 0412802805 / ISBN 13: 9780412802805

Published by Springer Us Apr 1997, 1997

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Neuware - It is, indeed, widely acceptable today that nowhere is it more important to focus on the improvement of software quality than in the case of systems with requirements in the areas of safety and reliability - especially for distributed, real-time and embedded systems. Thus, much research work is under progress in these fields, since software process improvement impinges directly on achieved levels of quality, and many application experiments aim to show quantitative results demonstrating the efficacy of particular approaches. Requirements for safety and reliability - like other so-called non-functional requirements for computer-based systems - are often stated in imprecise and ambiguous terms, or not at all. Specifications focus on functional and technical aspects, with issues like safety covered only implicitly, or not addressed directly because they are felt to be obvious; unfortunately what is obvious to an end user or system user is progressively less so to others, to the extend that a software developer may not even be aware that safety is an issue. Therefore, there is a growing evidence for encouraging greater understanding of safety and reliability requirements issues, right across the spectrum from end user to software developer; not just in traditional safety-critical areas (e.g. nuclear, aerospace) but also acknowledging the need for such things as heart pacemakers and other medical and robotic systems to be highly dependable.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reliability, Quality and Safety of Software-Intensive Systems : Ifip Tc5 Wg5.4 3rd International Conference on Reliability, Quality and Safety of Software-Intensive Systems (Encress '97), 29th-30th May 1997, Athens, Greece
• Publisher: Springer Us Apr 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0412802805
• ISBN 13: 9780412802805
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 18D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 585 grams

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Synopsis

It is, indeed, widely acceptable today that nowhere is it more important to focus on the improvement of software quality than in the case of systems with requirements in the areas of safety and reliability - especially for distributed, real-time and embedded systems. Thus, much research work is under progress in these fields, since software process improvement impinges directly on achieved levels of quality, and many application experiments aim to show quantitative results demonstrating the efficacy of particular approaches. Requirements for safety and reliability - like other so-called non-functional requirements for computer-based systems - are often stated in imprecise and ambiguous terms, or not at all. Specifications focus on functional and technical aspects, with issues like safety covered only implicitly, or not addressed directly because they are felt to be obvious; unfortunately what is obvious to an end user or system user is progressively less so to others, to the extend that a software developer may not even be aware that safety is an issue. Therefore, there is a growing evidence for encouraging greater understanding of safety and reliability requirements issues, right across the spectrum from end user to software developer; not just in traditional safety-critical areas (e.g. nuclear, aerospace) but also acknowledging the need for such things as heart pacemakers and other medical and robotic systems to be highly dependable.

Synopsis

Such issues discussed include formal methods and models, software testing, safety critical systems, reliability and safety assessment, total quality management, human factors for safety, management, social and legal aspects, and security-critical systems. In addition, the book includes a number of papers on issues with a given practical value. These papers have emerged from applications in several different domains.