Managing technology development for safety-critical systems

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 451-461

  Sachon, Marc ^a   Paté Cornell, M Elisabeth ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

FAILURE RISK; SAFETY-CRITICAL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 7944226036     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2004.835086     Document Type: Article

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