Re: Help with finding a reachearch question for my exam paper

> Some books that may be of interest:
>
> Safeware - System Safety and Computers
> Nancy G. Leveson
> ISBN 0-201-11972-2
>
> Software Fundamentals  - Collected Papers by David L. Parnas
> Hoffman, Weiss
> ISBN  0-201-70369-6
> These two books are focused on software and computer systems but are about
> design not programming
>
> Also,
> Engineering Complex Systems  - With Models and Objects
> Oliver, Kelliher, Keegan
> ISBN  0-07-048188-1
>
> And IMHO, required reading for those involved with safety critical systems
> Normal Accidents -  Living with High Risk Technologies
> Charles Perrow
> ISBN 0-465-05143-x
>     Not an engineering book but worth reading.
>
>     Medvedev's "Legacy of Chernobyl"  had some interesting sections,
> particularly with respect to "systemic" failures related to that incident.
> Unfortunately I don't have a copy handy.
>
>     Maybe you could look at  The Man-machine Interface as a tool to
improve
> Critical Systems Integrity".
>
> Good Luck
>
>

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Hi!

Thank you. Some of the books are already on my desk (we had an assignment
about THERAC-25 so I read Levenson's book). I read Perrows book a couple of
years ago, thank you for reminding me of that one.

I took my bachleor degree in system analysis 7 years ago and due to
unemployment at the moment I decided to take classes to get a master degree.
I did read a lot of litterature in the subject 7 years ago. I guess that
some litterature is still "valid" but that there has been at least some new
findings in the research.

Your suggestion for subject souinds interesting. I'll look into that as
well. Now I have some suggestions to discuss with my co-writer.

/Bea now a little less stressed about the exam paper.