The focus of software for dependable systems is a set of fundamental principles that underlie software system dependability and that suggest a different approach to the development and assessment of dependable software unfortunately it is difficult to assess the dependability of software the field of software engineering suffers from a pervasive lack of evidence about the incidence and severity of software failures about the dependability of existing software systems about the efficacy . Software for dependable systems sufficient evidence national research council division on engineering and physical sci computer science and telecommunications isbn 9780309103947 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Software for dependable systems sufficient evidence daniel jackson martyn thomas lynette i millett committee on certifiably dependable software systems computer science and telecommunications board division on engineering and physical sciences national research council isbn 9780309384506 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. This difficulty regarding the lack of evidence for system dependability leads to two conclusions 1 that better evidence is needed so that approaches aimed at improving the dependability of software can be objectively assessed and 2 that for now the pursuit of dependability in software systems should focus on the construction and evaluation of evidence. Software for dependable systems explores how software and the systems that rely on it can be made dependable in a cost effective manner and how one can obtain assurance that dependability has been achieved in addressing these questions the book frames the issue for further work by standards committees and regulators and challenges the software development industry to restructure its