• DocumentCode
    3468042
  • Title

    Why there is a need for a software-safety program

  • Author

    McDonald, Gerald W.

  • Author_Institution
    BDM Corp., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    24-26 Jan 1989
  • Firstpage
    30
  • Lastpage
    34
  • Abstract
    A description is given of general safety requirements for systems and relates software development with respect to requirements. The author details issues of how safety aspects of software can be brought up to the level of safety required for systems. In so doing, he contrasts standard system safety techniques for electromechanical systems with system-level approach considerations for software-controlled systems, and contrasts software safety with other software quality programs
  • Keywords
    safety; software reliability; electromechanical systems; software development; software quality; software-safety program; Air safety; Algorithm design and analysis; Failure analysis; Guidelines; Hazards; Programming; Software design; Software safety; Software systems; Weapons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1989. Proceedings., Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ARMS.1989.49568
  • Filename
    49568