Safeware System Safety and Computers, SPHIGS Software

Name: Safeware System Safety and Computers, SPHIGS Software
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ISBN: 9780201119725

ISBN-10: 0201119722

ISBN-13: 9780201119725

Edition: 1995

Authors: Nancy G. Leveson

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We are building systems today-and using computers to control them-that have the potential for large-scale destruction of life and environment. More than ever, software engineers and system developers, as well as their managers, must understand the issues and develop the skills needed to anticipate and prevent accidents. Nancy Leveson examines what is currently known about building safe electromechanical systems and looks at past accidents to see what practical lessons can be applied to new computer-controlled systems.

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Publication date: 4/7/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 704
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

Nancy G. Leveson is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at MIT. An acknowledged leader in the field of safety engineering, she has worked to improve safety in nearly every industry over the past thirty years.




The Nature Of Risk


Risk In Modern Society


Changing Attitudes Toward Risk


Is Increased Concern Justified?


Unique Risk Factors in Industrialized Society


Computers And Risk


The Role of Computers in Accidents


Software Myths


Why Software Engineering is hard


The Reality We Face


Causes Of Accidents


The Concept of Causality


Flaws in the Safety Culture


Ineffective Organizational Structure


Ineffective Technical Activities


Human Error And Risk


Do Humans Cause Most Accidents?


The Need for Humans in Automated Systems


Human Error as Human-Task Mismatch


Conclusions


The Role Of Humans In Automated Systems


Mental Models


The Human as Monitor


The Human as Backup


The Human as Partner


Conclusions



Introduction To System Safety


Foundations Of System Safety


Safety Engineering Pre-World War II


Systems Theory


Systems Engineering


Systems Analysis


Fundamentals Of System Safety


Historical Development


Basic Concepts


Software System Safety


Cost and Effectiveness of System Safety


Other Approaches To Safety


Industrial Safety


Reliability Engineering


Application-Specific Approaches to Safety



Definitions And Models


Terminology


Failure and Error


Accident and Incident


Hazard


Risk


Safety


Safety and Security


Accident And Human Error Models


Accident Models


Human Task and Error Models


Summary



Elements Of A Safeware Program


Managing Safety


The Role of General Management


Place in the Organizational Structure


Documentation


The System And Software Safety Process


The General Tasks


Conceptual Development


Design


Full-Scale Development


Production and Deployment


Operation


Examples


Hazard Analysis


The Hazard Analysis Process


Types of System Models


General Types of Analysis


Limitations and Criticisms of Hazard Analysis


Hazard Analysis Models And Techniques


Checklists


Hazard Indices


Fault Tre