Systems-theoretic process analysis and safety-guided design of military systems

Increasingly complex software enabled systems demand a new hazard analysis and safety-guided design technique in order to meet stringent safety standards and expectations. System Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) proves to be a powerful tool to identify, describe and help mitigate hazards from the earliest conceptual development through the operations of a system. A future military aircraft example demonstrates STPA's applicability for preliminary hazard analysis, analysis of alternatives, organizational design, developmental test, and into operations. STPA is a hazard analysis framework that helps manage risks and safety responsibilities throughout the entire lifecycle of a system.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Horney, David Craig

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Nancy Leveson.

• Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112424

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/112424