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The Management of Complex, Safety-Related Information Systems

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Components of System Safety

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Two (unrelated) articles in past editions of the SCSC newsletter dealt separately with safety of information systems and the safety analysis of complex systems. This paper returns to the joint themes from the management perspective, and discusses a number of problems that have been experienced when establishing safety management regimes for information-based, complex systems, and suggests some of the measures necessary to resolve these problems.

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  1. Electronic Data Systems Hook, Hampshire, UK

    Ken Frith

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  1. Ken Frith
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  2. Andy Lovering
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  1. Redmill Consultancy, 22 Onslow Gardens, N10 3JU, London, UK

    Felix Redmill

  2. Centre for Software Reliability, University of Newcastle, NE1 7RU, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Tom Anderson

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Frith, K., Lovering, A. (2002). The Management of Complex, Safety-Related Information Systems. In: Redmill, F., Anderson, T. (eds) Components of System Safety. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0173-4_4

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0173-4_4

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