Responsibility and Dependable Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dewsbury, Guy (Editor), Dobson, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer software > Reusability.; Computers.; Computer Science.; Models and Principles.; Performance and Reliability.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).

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 misunderstandings of who is responsibl...