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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Besnard, Denis (Autor), Gacek, Cristina (Autor), Jones, Cliff (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The role of structure: a dependability perspective
  • The role of structure: a software engineering perspective
  • System Properties
  • Structuring evolution: on the evolution of socio-technical systems
  • Time bands in systems structure
  • Human Components
  • Procedures, programs and their impact on dependability
  • Cognitive conflicts in dynamic systems
  • Systems Descriptions
  • Architectural description of dependable software systems
  • Computational diagrammatics: diagrams and structure
  • Ethnography and the social structure of work
  • Faults, errors and failures in communications: a systems theory perspective on organisational structure
  • Guaranteeing Dependability
  • Security implications of structure
  • The structure of software development thought
  • On the use of diverse arguments to increase confidence in dependability claims
  • Qualitative analysis of dependability argument structure.