On the validation of safety critical aircraft systems, Part II: An overview of experimental methods

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Belcastro, Celeste M ^a   Belcastro, Christine M ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; NASA; SAFETY TESTING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; AVIATION SAFETY PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXTENSIVE TESTING; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION TESTING;

FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 85088722266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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