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Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security: 19th International Conference, Safecomp 2000, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, October 24-27, 2000 Proceedings

Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security: 19th International Conference, Safecomp 2000, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, October 24-27, 2000 Proceedings

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Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Book 1943

General ComputersProgrammingComputer Security

ISBN10: 3540411860
ISBN13: 9783540411864
Publisher: Springer
Published: Oct 11 2000
Pages: 438
Weight: 1.48
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.17 Depth: 9.41
Language: English
WelcometoRotterdamandtotheInternationalConferenceSafecomp2000, on thereliability, safetyandsecurityofcriticalcomputerapplications. Thisalready marksthe19thyearoftheconference, showingtheundiminishedinterestthe topicelicitsfrombothacademiaandindustry. Safecomphasproventobean excellentplacetomeetandhavediscussions, andwehopethistrendcontinues thisyear. Peopleandorganisationsdependmoreandmoreonthefunctioningofc- puters. Whetherinhouseholdequipment, telecommunicationsystems, o?ce- plications, banking, peoplemovers, processcontrolormedicalsystems, theoft- embeddedcomputersubsystemsaremeanttoletthehostingsystemrealiseits intendedfunctions. Theassuranceofproperfunctioningofcomputersin- pendableapplicationsisfarfromobvious. Themillenniumstartedwiththebug andthefullendorsementoftheframeworkstandardIEC61508. Thevariety ofdependablecomputerapplicationsincreasesdaily, andsodoesthevarietyof risksrelatedtotheseapplications. Theassessmentoftheserisksthereforeneeds re?ectionandpossiblynewapproaches. Thisyear'sSafecompprovidesabroad mixofpapersontheseissues, onprogressmadeindi?erentapplicationdomains andonemergingchallenges. Oneofthespecialtopicsthisyearistransportandinfrastructure. Onewould behardpressedto?ndabetterplacetodiscussthisthaninRotterdam. The reliability, safetyandsecurityofcomputersisofprominentimportancetoRott- dam, asafewexamplesillustrate. Itsharbourdependsonthereliablefunctioning ofcontainerhandlingsystems, onthesafefunctioningofitsradarsystems, and, asofrecently, onthesafeandreliablefunctioningoftheenormousstormsurge barrieratHoekvanHolland. AnewtopicforSafecompis medicalsystems. Theseprogressivelydepend on-embedded-programmableelectronicsystems. Experienceshowsthatthe medicalworldlacksthemethodsforapplyingthesesystemssafelyandreliably. Wewelcomeagroupofpeoplereadytodiscussthistopic, andhope, bydoing so, tocontributetothis?eldofapplicationsofsafe, reliableandsecuresystems. SoftwareprocessimprovementalsorepresentsaspecialtopicofSafecomp 2000. Itprovedtobethemostfruitfulofthethreeintermsofsubmittedpapers. Thereweremanycontributionsfromahostofcountries, whichhadtobespread amongstdi?erentsessiontopics. WewishtothanktheInternationalProgramCommittee'smembers,41in total, fortheire?ortsinreviewingthepapersandfortheirvaluableadvicein organisingthisconference. Wearealsogratefulfortheircontributiontod- tributingcallsforpapersandannouncements. Withouttheirhelptheburdenof organisingthisconferencewouldhavebeenmuchgreater. VI Preface Finally, letusonceagainwelcomeyoutoRotterdam, atrulyinternational cityandhometopeopleofmanynationalities. Wehopeyoutakethetimenot onlytoenjoythisconference, butalsoto?ndyourwayaroundthecity, sinceit surelyhasmuchtoo?er. FloorKoornneef MeinevanderMeulen Table of Contents InvitedPaper TheTenMostPowerfulPrinciplesforQualityin(Softwareand) SoftwareOrganizationsforDependableSystems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 TomGilb Veri?cationandValidation EmpiricalAssessmentofSoftwareOn-LineDiagnostics UsingFaultInjection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 JohnNapier, JohnMayandGordonHughes Speeding-UpFaultInjectionCampaignsinVHDLModels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 B. Parrotta, M. Rebaudengo, M. SonzaReordaandM. Violante Speci?cationandVeri?cationofaSafetyShellwithStatechartsand ExtendedTimedGraphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 JanvanKatwijk, HansToetenel, Abd-El-KaderSahraoui, EricAnderson andJanuszZalewski

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