F. Redmill (ed.) / T. Anderson

Safety-critical Systems

Current issues, techniques and standards
Herausgegeben:Redmill, F.; Anderson, T.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Felix Redmill and Tom Anderson have edited one of the first books to appear on this vital subject. This important volume covers the development of computer systems for use in safety-critical applications, the technologies used and the experience of those using them. There are contributions from many leading experts in the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-412-54820-8
• 1993.
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780412548208
• ISBN-10: 0412548208
• Artikelnr.: 23081530

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. The Safety-Critical Systems Club. Current issues. Software in
safety-critical applications - a review of current issues. Issues in the
development of safety-critical systems. The JFIT safety-critical systems
research programme: origins and intentions. Natural language processing for
requirements specifications. ViewPoint-orientated development: applications
in composite systems. The FOREST technique for system specification and
validation. Requirements development for safety-critical systems - a total
systems approach. A methodology for requirements management applied to
safety requirements. Target qualities of safety professionals. Organisation
of industrial training. The IEE draft policy on educational requirements
for safety-critical systems engineers. Technology transfer through the
teaching company scheme. An industry view of training requirements for
safety-critical systems professionals. Safety-critical software
professionals in the BCS industry career structure. Safety of medical
robots. Engineering safety into expert systems. Safety-critical system
monitoring using default-trained neural networks. The European approach to
standards in medical informatics. Deficiencies in existing software
engineering standards as exposed by SMARTIE. Risk and system integrity
concepts for safety-related control systems. Towards safe road transport
informatic systems. Defence standard 00-56: background and revision. Index.

Rezensionen

"I would urge anyone who is concerned with safety-sensitive systems to read and contemplate John McDermid's excellent overview of the key issues and to savour some of the other chapters...a useful collection to engender improvements by new professionals." -- Computing and Control Engineering Journal

"...valuable information for anyone involved in the development of safety-critical systems." -- Software Quality Management

I would urge anyone who is concerned with safety-sensitive systems to read and contemplate John McDermid's excellent overview of the key issues and to savour some of the other chapters...a useful collection to engender improvements by new professionals - Computing and Control Engineering Journal; ...valuable information for anyone involved in the development of safety-critical systems - Software Quality Management