Engineering a Safer World
Systems Thinking Applied to Safety
$134.07
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
16 December 2016
Summary
A new approach to safety, based on systems thinking, that is more effective, less costly, and easier to use than current techniques.Engineering has experienced a technological revolution, but the basic engineering techniques applied in safety and reliability engineering, created in a simpler, analog world, have changed very little over the years. In this groundbreaking book, Nancy Leveson proposes a new approach to safety-more suited to today’s complex, sociotechnical, software-intensive worl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262533690 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262533693 |
| Author: | Nancy G. Leveson |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 16 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 910g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Engineering Systems |
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About The Author
Nancy G. Leveson
Nancy G. Leveson is Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at MIT. An acknowledged leader in the field of safety engineering, she has worked to improve safety in nearly every industry over the past thirty years.
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