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- Authors:
- Axel Wabenhorst and Brenton Atchison
- Title:
- A Survey of International Safety Standards
- Date:
- November 1999.
- Keywords:
- safety-critical systems, safety assurance, safety standards, safety management.
- Abstract:
- This report presents a survey of international standards for computer-based safety-critical systems. Eleven standards are surveyed: the Australian Def(Aust) 5679; MIL-STD-882C; NATO STANAG 4404 and STANAG 4452; UK Def Stan 00-56, Def Stan 00-55 and Def Stan 00-54; avionics standards ARP4754, ARP4761 and RTCA/DO-178B; and the civilian standard IEC 61508. The standards are surveyed according to a wide range of attributes, including levels of prescription and tailoring; safety management issues such as agents, their responsibilities, and deliverables required; and technical issues such as development constraints, hazard analysis, risk assessment, implementation assurance, human factors and non-development items.