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A Formal Basis for some Dependability Notions

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Abstract

This paper shows how formal methods ideas can be used to clarify basic notions used in the field of dependability. Central to this endeavour is fixing a notion of system. Relationships between systems are also considered: in particular, the importance of the situation where one system is generated by another (possibly human) system is explored. The formalisation is used as a basis for definitions of the notions of fault, error and failure. Some applications to examples from the dependability literature and extensions of the basic model of system are also sketched.


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Author(s): Jones CB

Publication type: Report

Publication status: Published

Series Title: School of Computing Science Technical Report Series

Year: 2003

Pages: 17

Print publication date: 01/01/2003

Source Publication Date: 2003

Report Number: 805

Institution: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne

URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/805.pdf


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