This is a book about the development of dependable, embedded software. It is for systems designers, implementers, and verifiers who are experienced in general embedded software development, but who are now facing the prospect of delivering a software-based system for a safety-critical application. It is aimed at those creating a product that must satisfy one or more of the international standards relating to safety-critical applications, including IEC 61508, ISO 26262, EN 50128, EN 50657, IEC 62304, or related standards.

Of the first edition, Stephen Thomas, PE, Founder and Editor of FunctionalSafetyEngineer.com said, "I highly recommend Mr. Hobbs' book."

Autorentext

Chris is a programmer at QNX Software Systems with some 40 years of software development experience. His specialty is

"Sufficiently Dependable Software," which is software that meets its dependability requirements with the minimum development effort

and risk. In particular, he works with software for safety-critical systems that must meet the requirements of international safety

standards such as IEC61508, ISO26262, EN50128 and IEC62304.

Inhalt

Part 1: Background. 1. Introduction. 2. Terminology of Safety. 3. Safety Standards and Certification. 4. Representative Companies. Part 2: The Project. 5. Foundational Analyses. 6. Certified and Uncertified Components. Part 3: Design Patterns. 7. Architectural

Balancing. 8. Error Detection and Handling. 9. Expecting the Unexpected. 10 Replication and Diversification. **Part 4: Design

Validation. 11. Markov Models. 12. The Fault Tree. 13. Software Failure Rates. 14. Semi-Formal Design Verification. 15. Formal

Design Verification. Part 5: Coding. 16. Coding Guidelines. 17. Code Coverage Metrics. 18. Static Analysis. Part 6: Verification. 19.

Integration Testing. 20. The Tool Chain. 21. Conclusion. Part 7: Appendices. A. Goal Structuring Notation. B. Bayesian Belief

Networks. C Calculating (2+3)+4. D Notations.