Safety analyses of complex systems: considerations of software, firmware, hardware, human, and the environment

There is a need for more inclusive holistic approaches to identify and analyze safety-related system risks. Systems are becoming increasingly more complex,diverse, and vastly distributed. Conventional approaches of conducting hazardanalyses and risk assessment do have limitations. This book addresses some ofthese limitations and a number of inclusive approaches are discussed, which can be applied against the limitations. The book emphasizes scenario-driven hazard analysis as a means to conduct more holistic analysis. This book discussessafety analyses of large complex systems; which are comprised of software, firmware, hardware, the human and the environment. System thinking in problem solving is emphasized throughout the book. The book is comprised of three parts.The first part Risk identification covers topics including understanding risk, evaluating safety, and scenario-driven hazard analysis. The second part Riskelimination and control addresses eliminating risk and provides hazard control methods, techniques, and applications. Finally managing safety-related riskscovers key concepts and observations associated with a safety management and other topics including making safety-related decisions. At the end of each chapter there are Questions and Topics for Further Discussion, which enables the book to be used for graduate and undergraduate education, and specialized courses or instructional development.Mike Allocco, PE, CSP, has been employed in Safety Management, System Safety,and Safety Engineering since 1976. He has conducted hazard analysis and risk assessments of nuclear and conventional weapon systems, the space station, various aircrafts, aircraft ground systems, medical devices, railroad systems, tunnel boring machines, complex processes, automated tools, and facilities. Mikeis coauthor (with Dev Raheja) of Assurance Technologies Principles and Practices A Product, Process, and System Safety Perspective, Second Edition. He has conducted system safety engineering on diverse complex systems for the generalindustry, DOT, DOD, DOE, and NASA. Mr. Allocco is a Fellow and was also a former Executive Vice-President of the System Safety Society. The FAA currently employs Mike.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-58770-6
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 496
• Fecha Publicación: 16/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés