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This paper is a general overview of current practice regarding safety analysis problem and software safety engineering and assessment process. Generic safety development pattern is shown. Some work in progress is mentioned: OF-FMEA and Safety and Trust Cases development methods and tools.
The Author is currently an Internal Safety Assessor and a member of Quality and Safety Group of Bombardier. He received a Ph.D. from Electronics, Telecommunication and Informatics Department of the Gdansk University of Technology in Gdansk, Poland. The full paper was prepared in December 2004 (e-mail: anta13@plusnet.pl, www: http://www.anta13.neostrada.pl/tadeusz.html).
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Cichocki, T. (2005). Safety Analysis Methods—Software Development Questions. In: Kowalik, J.S., Gorski, J., Sachenko, A. (eds) Cyberspace Security and Defense: Research Issues. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 196. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3381-8_6
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