[SystemSafety] A Critical-System Assurance Manifesto

[Peter Bishop]

On 13/12/2017 19:05, Les Chambers wrote:
> Peter
> Re: The theory also shows that adding adding some extra "padding" tests to
> low probability demands reduces the sensitivity to profile change.
> 
> What does this mean?
> 
> It reminds me of the time, back in the day, when I was down in Texas looking at a massive distillation column, the like of which the world had not seen before. I asked one of the engineers, " how did you possibly conceive of the design of that thing. "
>  He answered,"We eyeballed it!"

Here are some slides that summarise the main points in the journal paper

Peter
> 
> Les
> 
>> On 14 Dec 2017, at 3:14 am, Peter Bishop <pgb at adelard.com> wrote:
>>
>> The theory also shows that adding adding some extra "padding" tests to
>> low probability demands reduces the sensitivity to profile change.
> 

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