16.63J / ESD.03J System Safety, Fall 2012
Author(s)
Leveson, Nancy; Thomas, John P.
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Alternative title
System Safety
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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.
Date issued
2012-12Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems DivisionOther identifiers
16.63J-Fall2012
local: 16.63J
local: ESD.03J
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Keywords
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