The safety requirements decomposition pattern

Pablo Oliveira Antonino, Mario Trapp, Paulo Barbosa, Edmar C. Gurjão, Jeferson Rosário

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Abstract

Safety requirement specifications usually have heterogeneous structures, most likely based on the experience of the engineers involved in the specification process. Consequently, it gets difficult to ensure that recommendations given in standards are considered, e.g., evidence that the requirements are complete and consistent with other development artifacts. To address this challenge, we present in this paper the Safety Requirements Decomposition Pattern, which aims at supporting the decomposition of safety requirements that are traceable to architecture and failure propagation models. The effectiveness of the approach has been observed in its application in different domains, such as automotive, avionics, and medical devices. In this paper, we present its usage in the context of an industrial Automated External Defibrillator system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputer Safety, Reliability, and Security - 34th International Conference, SAFECOMP 2015, Proceedings
EditorsFloor Koornneef, Coen van Gulijk
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages269-282
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783319242545
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event34th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security, SAFECOMP 2015 - Delft, Netherlands
Duration: 23 Sep 201525 Sep 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9337
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference34th International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security, SAFECOMP 2015
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityDelft
Period23/09/1525/09/15

Keywords

  • Architecture
  • Completeness
  • Consistency
  • Failure propagation model
  • Safety requirement
  • Traceability

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