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Structure for Dependability: Computer-Based Systems from an Interdisciplinary Perspective - Softcover

Besnard, Denis; Gacek, Cristina; Jones, Cliff

 
9781846281105: Structure for Dependability: Computer-Based Systems from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1846281105 ISBN 13: 9781846281105
Publisher: Springer, 2005

Synopsis

System developers, stakeholders, decision makers, policymakers and academics will find this book a one-stop resource highlighting the core issues for all those involved in dependability in a complex computer-based environment.

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This book breaks new ground by presenting an interdisciplinary approach to a crucial problem – system dependability. Computer-based systems include hardware, software and people. Achieving dependability for such systems requires an interdisciplinary approach.

In Structure for Dependability: Computer-Based Systems from an Interdisciplinary Perspective, computer scientists, sociologists, statisticians and psychologists bring together their latest research on the structure of dependable computer-based systems. The result is a highly readable overview of ways to achieve dependability in large computer-based systems with practical advice on designing dependable systems.

Work on structure for dependability has usually come from a single discipline and has been concerned only with the computer systems. Stakeholders and system designers now agree that human and social issues cannot be separated from technical matters. The approach taken in this book demonstrates that interdisciplinarity delivers real benefits in the design and deployment of complex computer-based systems.

This book is one of the outcomes of a six year Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration. Topics covered include fault tolerance, system evolution, determining software specifications, HCI, architecture, certification, dependability arguments, organisations, diagrams, time and procedures.

System developers, stakeholders, decision makers, policymakers and researchers will find this book a unique resource which highlights the core issues for all those involved in improving dependability in complex computer-based environments.

 

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1846281105
ISBN 13 
9781846281105
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
318