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Achieving Systems Safety

Proceedings of the Twentieth Safety-Critical Systems Symposium, Bristol, UK, 7-9th February 2012

  • Contains the papers presented at the twentieth annual Safety-critical Systems Symposium, held at Bristol, UK, in February 2012

  • This volume offers a wide-ranging coverage of current safety topics, and a blend of academic research and industrial experience

  • Includes papers in the following areas: Vulnerabilities in Global Navigation Satellite Systems; Safety Culture and Community; Transport Safety; Cyber-attacks on Safety-critical Systems; Improving our Approach to Systems Safety; Accidents: Assessment, Validation and Testing; Safety Standards and Safety Levels

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Safety Engineering – a Perspective on Systems Engineering

    • Derek Fowler, Ronald Pierce
    Pages 115-136
  3. Survey of Safety Architectural Patterns

    • Paul Hampton
    Pages 137-158
  4. The Fukushima Accident

    • Peter Ladkin
    Pages 189-207
  5. The New Software Testing Standard

    • Stuart Reid
    Pages 237-255
  6. Goal-Based Safety Standards: Promises and Pitfalls

    • John McDermid, Andrew Rae
    Pages 257-270
  7. Safety Levels in a Commercial Context

    • Mike Parsons
    Pages 271-284

About this book

Achieving Systems Safety contains papers presented at the twentieth annual Safety-critical Systems Symposium, held in Bristol, UK, in February 2012.

The Symposium is for engineers, managers and academics in the field of system safety, across all industry sectors, so the papers making up this volume offer a wide-ranging coverage of current safety topics, and a blend of academic research and industrial experience. They include both recent developments in the field and discussion of open issues that will shape future progress.

The topics covered by the 20 papers in this volume include vulnerabilities in global navigation satellite systems; safety culture and community; transport safety; cyber-attacks on safety-critical systems; improving our approach to systems safety; accidents; assessment, validation and testing; safety standards and safety levels.

The book will be of interest to both academics and practitioners working in the safety-critical systems arena.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dale Research Ltd., Martock, United Kingdom

    Chris Dale

  • Centre for Software Reliability, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Tom Anderson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Achieving Systems Safety

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Twentieth Safety-Critical Systems Symposium, Bristol, UK, 7-9th February 2012

  • Editors: Chris Dale, Tom Anderson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2494-8

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-2493-1Published: 05 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-2494-8Published: 05 January 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 293

  • Number of Illustrations: 81 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Systems and Data Security, System Performance and Evaluation, Software Engineering

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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