Engineering a Safer World: Systems Thinking Applied to Safety
by Nancy G. Leveson
Publisher: The MIT Press 2012
ISBN/ASIN: 0262016621
ISBN-13: 9780262016629
Number of pages: 555
Description:
Revisiting and updating ideas pioneered by 1950s aerospace engineers in their System Safety concept, and testing her new model extensively on real-world examples, Leveson has created a new approach to safety that is more effective, less expensive, and easier to use than current techniques.
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