Abstract
The growing demand for increasingly complex systems, including safety critical systems, is resulting in a tendency to meet this demand by the use of software rather than hardware to implement the increasing functionality. Justifications for this approach include the assumptions that:
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A software system is easier to enhance at a later date
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Using software makes it easier to implement complex functions.
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It is easier to specify software than hardware.
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The cost of replicating a software based system will be lower.
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Webb, J.T., Mannering, D. (1987). Malpas — Verification of a Safety Critical System. In: Daniels, B.K. (eds) Achieving Safety and Reliability with Computer Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3461-0_4
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