Structure for Dependability: Computer-Based Systems from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Verlag | Springer |
Auflage | 2006 |
Seiten | 306 |
Format | 15,7 x 1,8 x 23,8 cm |
Gewicht | 488 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 1846281105 |
EAN | 9781846281105 |
Bestell-Nr | 84628110UA |
System developers, stakeholders, decision makers, policymakers and academics will find this book a one-stop resource highlighting the core issues for all those involved in dependability in a complex computer-based environment.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
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.