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The Challenge of Building Process-Control Software
November/December 1990 (vol. 7 no. 6)
pp. 55-62
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Nancy G. Leveson, "The Challenge of Building Process-Control Software," IEEE Software, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 55-62, November/December, 1990.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/52.60589,
author = {Nancy G. Leveson},
title = {The Challenge of Building Process-Control Software},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {7},
number = {6},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {1990},
pages = {55-62},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/52.60589},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Software
TI - The Challenge of Building Process-Control Software
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EPD - 55-62
A1 - Nancy G. Leveson,
PY - 1990
KW - real-time software; process-control software; modeling; analysis; human-computer interaction; risk evaluation; process computer control; real-time systems; software engineering
VL - 7
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Process control is explained, and it is shown why trying to build process-control software using the same approaches developed and used for data-processing and information-system software will lead to failure. Rather than offering solutions to the problems inherent in developing process-control software, the author identifies the aspects of the problem on which to focus attention and the tasks that are ripe for solution. In particular, modeling and analysis, human-computer interaction, and risk evaluation are discussed.

Index Terms:
real-time software; process-control software; modeling; analysis; human-computer interaction; risk evaluation; process computer control; real-time systems; software engineering
Citation:
Nancy G. Leveson, "The Challenge of Building Process-Control Software," IEEE Software, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 55-62, Nov.-Dec. 1990, doi:10.1109/52.60589
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