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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813759403321

Autore

Ericson Clifton A

Titolo

Concise encyclopedia of system safety : definition of terms and concepts / / Clifton A. Ericson II

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2011

ISBN

1-283-17575-4

9786613175755

1-118-02865-1

1-118-02864-3

1-118-02866-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (537 p.)

Disciplina

620.8/603

Soggetti

System safety

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to system safety -- System safety terms and concepts -- System safety specialty areas -- System safety acronyms.

Sommario/riassunto

The first comprehensive reference work covering safety professional terminology  A convenient desk reference designed to fill a serious gap in the system safety body of knowledge, the Concise Encyclopedia of System Safety: Definition of Terms and Concepts is the first book explicitly devoted to defining system safety terms and concepts and designed to help safety professionals quickly and easily locate the definitions and information which they need to stay abreast of research new and old.  Definitions for safety-related terminology currently differ between individual books, guidelin