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The Therac-25: 30 Years Later

2017; IEEE Computer Society; Volume: 50; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/mc.2017.4041349

ISSN

1558-0814

Autores

Nancy G. Leveson,

Tópico(s)

Risk and Safety Analysis

Resumo

A widely cited 1993 Computer article described failures in a software-controlled radiation machine that massively overdosed six people in the late 1980s, resulting in serious injury and fatalities. How far have safety-critical systems come since then?

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