The Therac-25: 30 Years Later
A widely cited 1993 Computer article described failures in a software-controlled radiation machine that massively overdosed six people in the late 1980s, resulting in serious injury and fatalities. How far have safety-critical systems come since then?
Main Authors: | Leveson, Nancy G., Leveson, Nancy G |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115298 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6294-8890 |
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