Operational anomalies as a cause of safety-critical requirements evolution

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-161

  Lutz, Robyn R ^a   Mikulski, Ines Carmen ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maintenance; Operational anomaly; Requirements evolution; Software safety; Spacecraft

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SPACECRAFT;

OPERATIONAL ANOMALIES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037648460     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(02)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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