Unique dependability issues for commercial airplane fly by wire systems

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 156, Issue , 2004, Pages 213-220

 

^a Bob)   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependability; Fly by wire (FBW)

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; NASA;

COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE; COMMON MODE FAILURES; DEPENDABILITY; DEPENDABILITY ISSUES; FLY-BY-WIRE SYSTEMS; FLY-BY-WIRES; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 10444253757     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8157-6_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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