16.63J / ESD.03J System Safety, Fall 2012
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Author(s) •
Leveson, Nancy
Thomas, John P.
Alternative Title
System Safety
Date Issued
December 2012
Abstract
This class introduces the concepts of system safety and how to analyze and design safer systems. Topics include the causes of accidents in general, and recent major accidents in particular; hazard analysis, safety-driven design techniques; design of human-automation interaction; integrating safety into the system engineering process; and managing and operating safety-critical systems.
Subjects
16.63
16.63J
ESD.03
ESD.03J
hazard analysis
system safety
accident analysis
design for safety
accident causality mode
hindsight bias
accident report
occupational safety
CAST analysis
human factors
safety control structure
operations
safety management
critical projects
STPA hazard analysis
STAMP
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
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