SYSTEM SAFETY IN COMPUTER-CONTROLLED AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS

In this paper, the author presents a summary of the state of the art in software system safety. The paper begins with a discussion on different types of accidents encountered in software systems. The role of software in accidents is covered, followed by a discussion on system safety. The author discuss the safeware methodology which extends the basic system safety engineering process to handle digital components and subsystems. The paper concludes with a description of an experimental design and development environment known as Specification Tools and Requirements Methodology (SpecTRM). The focus of SpecTRM is to support the design,implementation and maintenance of complex, safety-critical systems.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: 2000 Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale PA
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Leveson, Nancy
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1-8
• Serial:
  • Design and technologies for automotive safety-critical systems
  • Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Information processing; Safety; Vehicle design
• Subject Areas: Design; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00801377
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 7 2000 12:00AM