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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459459803321

Autore

Bozzano Marco

Titolo

Design and safety assessment of critical systems / / Marco Bozzano, Adolfo Villafiorita

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : Auerbach Publications, , 2011

ISBN

0-429-07004-7

1-4398-0332-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VillafioritaAdolfo

Disciplina

620.8/6

Soggetti

Industrial safety

System safety

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Dependability, Reliability,and Safety Assessment; Chapter 3: Techniques for Safety Assessment; Chapter 4: Development ofSafety-Critical Applications; Chapter 5: Formal Methods for Safety Assessment; Chapter 6: Formal Methods for Certification; Appendix A: The NuSMV Model Checker; Appendix B: The FSAP Safety Analysis Platform; Appendix C: Some Regulatory Bodies and Regulations; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Safety-critical systems, by definition those systems whose failure can cause catastrophic results for people, the environment, and the economy, are becoming increasingly complex both in their functionality and their interactions with the environment. Unfortunately, safety assessments are still largely done manually, a time-consuming and error-prone process. The growing complexity of these systems requires an increase in the skill and efficacy of safety engineers and encourages the adoption of formal and standardized techniques.An introduction to the area of design and verifica