Responsibility and Dependable Systems
This book brings together for the first time two important features of a computer system that must be embedded in an organisational context. First comes responsibility, in other words, whether the computer system properly supports the organisational responsibilities that people are allocated. Second, the book examines dependability, which means whether the system supports those responsibilities in a trustworthy fashion. Aimed at researchers and doctoral students, the work pays particular attent…
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- Full title :Responsibility and Dependable Systems.
Summary
This book brings together for the first time two important features of a computer system that must be embedded in an organisational context. First comes responsibility, in other words, whether the computer system properly supports the organisational responsibilities that people are allocated. Second, the book examines dependability, which means whether the system supports those responsibilities in a trustworthy fashion. Aimed at researchers and doctoral students, the work pays particular attention to looking at what happens when things go wrong.
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- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Springer London
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (246 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1849966311, 9781849966313, 1846286255, 9781846286254
- DOI:10.1007/978-1-84628-626-1
- oclc:ocn990710179
- LC Classification:TA169.R47 2007
- Dewey Decimal:004.2
Table of Contents
Introduction: Dependability and Responsibility in Context; Responsibility: A Philosophical Perspective; Responsibility in Practice; Complex Organisational Responsibilities: The Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry; Responsibility Modelling: Basic Concepts; Models for Understanding Responsibilities; Understanding Failure: The London Ambulance Service Disaster; Models for Responsibility Assignment; Causal Responsibility Models; Modelling in Practice.
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