18-849b Dependable Embedded Systems

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Multi-Disciplinary Design

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Multi-Disciplinary Design:

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Date Completed	Activity
1/2/99	Search course raw reference lists
1/2/99	Search CMU library
1/2/99	Search INSPEC
1/2/99	Search WWW
1/4/99	All references available from CMU library obtained
1/4/99	Author search on WWW for missing references
1/4/99	Other references requested via inter-library loan
	Annotated Bibliography completed and put in draft.html
	Draft abstract completed and put in draft.html
	Outline completed and put in draft.html
	Recomm
due 1/12	Best of reading list assigned to class in consultation with instructor
	Full copies of references put in course library
due 1/17	Presentation given to instructor
due 1/18	Presentation put on web in .pdf format
1/19/99	Presentation made in class
due 1/26	Draft paper completed and put in draft.html
	Comments received from reviewers
due 2/2	Final paper put in topic.html
	2nd round reviewer comments received
1 WEEK AFTER REVIEW	Revised paper put in topic.html

Working Reference List:

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Inspec was just a mess -- "multidisciplinary" is apparently a real buzzword
multidisciplinary design -- [CMU library]

Tutorials/summaries

Neumann, Peter G., "On Hierarchical Design of Computer Systems for Critical Applications." IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Sept. 1986, vol.SE-12, no.9, p. 905-20.

http://www.csl.sri.com/reports/html/csl-93-1.html . Critical System Properties: Survey and Taxonomy John Rushby Technical Report CSL-93-1, May 1993 (Revised, February 1994) Original version published in Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 189--219, 1994

Authoritative books:

Neumann, Peter, Computer Related Risks. ACM Press, New York, 1995.

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http://www.incose.org/ INCOSE: International Council on Systems Engineering

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Topic Checklist for Multi-Disciplinary Design

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Multi-Disciplinary Design:

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Tutorials/summaries

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Current research papers of interest to wider audience:

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Topic Checklist for
Multi-Disciplinary Design