Airbus fly-by-wire: A total approach to dependability

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 156, Issue , 2004, Pages 191-212

  Traverse, Pascal ^a   Lacaze, Isabelle ^a   Souyris, Jean ^a  

^a AIRBUS   (France)

Author keywords

Airplane; Dependability; Fault tolerance; Flight controls; Fly by wire; Human factors; Proof; Safety; System design

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIRCRAFT; FAULT TOLERANCE; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DEPENDABILITY; ERRONEOUS SIGNALS; FLIGHT CONTROL; FLY-BY-WIRES; FUTURE CHALLENGES; PROOF; SYSTEM SAFETY;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 84902509504     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8157-6_18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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