Computer safety, reliability and security : 19th International Conference, SAFECOMP 2000, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, October 24-27, 2000 : proceedings

Invited Paper.- The Ten Most Powerful Principles for Quality in (Software and) Software Organizations for Dependable Systems.- Verification and Validation.- Empirical Assessment of Software On-Line Diagnostics Using Fault Injection.- Speeding-Up Fault Injection Campaigns in VHDL Models.- Specification and Verification of a Safety Shell with Statecharts and Extended Timed Graphs.- Validation of Control System Specifications with Abstract Plant Models.- A Constant Perturbation Method for Evaluation of Structural Diversity in Multiversion Software.- Expert Error: The Case of Trouble-Shooting in Electronics.- The Safety Management of Data-Driven Safety-Related Systems.- Software Support for Incident Reporting Systems in Safety-Critical Applications.- Software Process Improvement.- A Dependability-Explicit Model for the Development of Computing Systems.- Deriving Quantified Safety Requirements in Complex Systems.- Improving Software Development by Using Safe Object Oriented Development : OTCD.- A Safety Licensable PES for SIL 4 Applications.- Safety and Security Issues in Electric Power Industry.- Dependability of Computer Control Systems in Power Plants.- A Method of Analysis of Fault Trees with Time Dependencies.- Formal Methods.- A Formal Methods Case Study: Using Light-Weight VDM for the Development of a Security System Module.- Formal Methods: The Problem Is Education.- Formal Methods Diffusion: Past Lessons and Future Prospects.- Invited Paper.- Safe Tech: A Control Oriented Viewpoint.- Safety Guidelines, Standards and Certification.- Derivation of Safety Targets for the Random Failure of Programmable Vehicle Based Systems.- IEC 61508 - A Suitable Basis for the Certification of Safety-Critical Transport-Infrastructure Systems ??.- Hardware Aspects.- An Approach to Software Assisted Recovery from Hardware Transient Faults for Real Time Systems.- Programmable Electronic System Design & Verification Utilizing DFM.- SIMATIC S7-400F/FH: Safety-Related Programmable Logic Controller.- Safety Assessment I.- Assessment of the Reliability of Fault-Tolerant Software: A Bayesian Approach.- Estimating Dependability of Programmable Systems Using BBNs.- Design for Safety.- Improvements in Process Control Dependability through Internet Security Technology.- A Survey on Safety-Critical Multicast Networking.- Invited Paper.- Causal Reasoning about Aircraft Accidents.- Transport & Infrastructure.- Controlling Requirements Evolution: An Avionics Case Study.- HAZOP Analysis of Formal Models of Safety-Critical Interactive Systems.- Failure Mode and Effect Analysis for Safety-Critical Systems with Software Components.- Safety Assessment II.- Risk Ordering of States in Safecharts.- Dependability Evaluation: Model and Method Based on Activity Theory.- Forensic Software Engineering and the Need for New Approaches to Accident Investigation.