Responsibility and Dependable Systems

It is a truism that 'human error' is a common reason for failure in complex systems. These 'errors' sometimes lead to system failures because designers have failed to consider the normal human tendency to make mistakes. In other cases, 'errors' arise because of misunder...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Dewsbury, Guy (Editor ), Dobson, John (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Temas:
Computer science.
Computers.
Application software.
Models of Computation.
Hardware Performance and Reliability.
Computer and Information Systems Applications.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Dependability and Responsibility in Context
  • Introduction: Dependability and Responsibility in Context
  • Philosophical and Social Aspects
  • Responsibility: A Philosophical Perspective
  • Responsibility in Practice
  • Complex Organisational Responsibilities: The Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry
  • Modelling
  • Responsibility Modelling: Basic Concepts
  • Models for Understanding Responsibilities
  • Understanding Failure: The London Ambulance Service Disaster
  • New Methods
  • Models for Responsibility Assignment
  • Causal Responsibility Models
  • Modelling in Practice.

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