SafeWare : system safety and computers /
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Reading, Mass. :
Addison-Wesley,
c1995.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. The Nature of Risk. 1. Risk in Modern Society. 2. Computers and Risk. 3. A Hierarchical View of Accidents. 4. Root Causes of Accidents. 5. Human Error and Risk. 6. The Role of Humans in Automated Systems
- Pt. 2. Introduction to System Safety. 7. Foundations of System Safety. 8. Fundamentals of System Safety
- Pt. 3. Definitions and Models. 9. Terminology. 10. Accident and Human Error Models
- Pt. 4. Elements of a Safeware Program. 11. Managing Safety. 12. The System and Software Safety Process. 13. Hazard Analysis. 14. Hazard Analysis Models and Techniques. 15. Software Hazard and Requirements Analysis. 16. Designing for Safety. 17. Design of the Human-Machine Interface. 18. Verification of Safety
- Epilogue: The Way Forward
- Appendix A. Medical Devices: The Therac-25 Story
- Appendix B. Aerospace: Apollo 13, the DC-10, and Challenger
- Appendix C. The Chemical Industry: Seveso, Flixborough, Bhopal.
- Appendix D. Nuclear Power: Windscale, Three Mile Island, and Chernobyl.