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International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security

SAFECOMP 1993: SAFECOMP ’93 pp 3–6Cite as

Safety — status and perspectives

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Safety can be all things to all men — that is, different people in different situations will, quite legitimately, interpret the term “safety” in different ways. This paper expresses a personal perspective on safety as an engineering concern.

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  1. The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Department of Computing Science, NE1 7RU, UK

    Tom Anderson

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  1. Franco-Polish School of New Information and Communication Technology, 60-854, Poznań, Poland

    Janusz Górski

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Anderson, T. (1993). Safety — status and perspectives. In: Górski, J. (eds) SAFECOMP ’93. SAFECOMP 1993. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2061-2_1

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