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Causal Reasoning about Aircraft Accidents

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Computer Safety, Reliability and Security (SAFECOMP 2000)

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We show how objective, rigorous causal reasoning in the analysis of air transportation accidents can improve our understanding of the factors involved in those accidents, by considering two high-profile digital-automation-related air transport accidents.

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  1. Faculty of Technology, University of Bielefeld, Germany

    Peter B. Ladkin

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  1. Safety Science Group, TU Delft, Jaffalaan 5, 2628, BX Delft, The Netherlands

    Floor Koornneef

  2. SIMTECH, Max Euwelaan 60, 3062, MA Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Meine van der Meulen

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Ladkin, P.B. (2000). Causal Reasoning about Aircraft Accidents. In: Koornneef, F., van der Meulen, M. (eds) Computer Safety, Reliability and Security. SAFECOMP 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1943. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-40891-6_30

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