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This volume presents the proceedings of Objective Quality 1995, the Second Symposium on Software Quality Techniques and Acquisition Criteria, held in Florence, Italy in May 1995. The collection of papers selected for this volume covers the various aspects of software quality with special reference to the assessment and improvement of process and product quality. The 16 contributed papers cover the results of the most important European projects in the field of software quality with participation from academia and industry. In addition, there is a keynote speech by Giacomo Bucci and a detailed introduction by the volume editor.

Computer software --- Quality control --- Congresses --- Software engineering. --- System safety. --- Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems. --- Software Engineering. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Prevention

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614.8 --- Product safety --- System safety --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Commercial products --- Consumer protection --- Products liability --- Warning labels --- Risico. Ongevallen--(voor meer gedetailleerde uitwerking zie e-{614.8}) --- Prevention --- Safety measures

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Probabilistic safety assessment methods are used to calculate nuclear power plant durability and resource lifetime. Successful calculation of the reliability and ageing of components is critical for forecasting safety and directing preventative maintenance, and Probabilistic safety assessment for optimum nuclear power plant life management provides a comprehensive review of the theory and application of these methods.Part one reviews probabilistic methods for predicting the reliability of equipment. Following an introduction to key terminology, concepts and definitions, formal-statisti

Nuclear power plants -- Safety measures. --- Reliability (Engineering) -- Mathematical models. --- System safety -- Mathematical models. --- Nuclear power plants --- Reliability (Engineering) --- System safety --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Nuclear Engineering --- Safety measures --- Mathematical models --- Safety measures. --- Mathematical models. --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Prevention

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This thesis describes novel devices for the secure identification of objects or electronic systems. The identification relies on the the atomic-scale uniqueness of semiconductor devices by measuring a macroscopic quantum property of the system in question. Traditionally, objects and electronic systems have been securely identified by measuring specific characteristics: common examples include passwords, fingerprints used to identify a person or an electronic device, and holograms that can tag a given object to prove its authenticity. Unfortunately, modern technologies also make it possible to circumvent these everyday techniques. Variations in quantum properties are amplified by the existence of atomic-scale imperfections. As such, these devices are the hardest possible systems to clone. They also use the least resources and provide robust security. Hence they have tremendous potential significance as a means of reliably telling the good guys from the bad.

Physics. --- Semiconductors. --- System safety. --- Optical materials. --- Electronic materials. --- Security Science and Technology. --- Optical and Electronic Materials. --- Crystalline semiconductors --- Semi-conductors --- Semiconducting materials --- Semiconductor devices --- Crystals --- Electrical engineering --- Electronics --- Solid state electronics --- Materials --- Optics --- Electronic materials --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Prevention

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This book offers a comprehensive overview of quality and quality management. It also explores total quality management, covering its human, technological and analytical imperatives. It also examines quality systems and system standards, highlighting essential features and avoiding a reproduction of the ISO 9000 standard, as well as people-related issues in implementing a quality system. A holistic understanding of quality considerations, which now permeate every aspect of human life, should guide related policies, plans and practices. The book describes the all-pervasive characteristics of quality, putting together diverse definitions of "quality," outlining its different dimensions, and linking it with reliability and innovation. It goes on to assess the quality of measurements in terms of precision, accuracy and uncertainty and discusses managing quality with a focus on business performance. This is followed by a chapter on improving process quality, which is the summum bonum of quality management, and a chapter addressing the crucial problem of measuring customer satisfaction through appropriate models and tools. Further, it covers non-traditional subjects such as quality of life, quality of working life, quality assurance and improvement in education, with special reference to higher education, quality in research and development and characterizes the quality-related policies and practices in Indian industry. The last chapter provides a broad sketch of some recent advances in statistical methods for quality management. Along with the research community, the book’s content is also useful for practitioners and industry watchers.

Total quality management. --- Production management. --- Operations research. --- Management. --- System safety. --- Operations Management. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Manufacturing management --- Industrial management --- Prevention