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Independent Safety Audits are becoming increasingly common but the role of Independent Safety Auditor (ISA) has never been clearly defined. This paper introduces the concept of independent safety audits and provides one interpretation of the ISA role.

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Rees, C., Hamilton, V. (1998). Independent Safety Auditing. In: Redmill, F., Anderson, T. (eds) Industrial Perspectives of Safety-critical Systems. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1534-2_9

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1534-2_9

  • Publisher Name: Springer, London

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-76189-1

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