In large, complex systems, even the most careful designer can lose sight of an obvious error. The examples cited are: a well-tested electronic publishing system that suddenly fell into erratic behaviour, hermetic packaging breakdowns, and how designers of a commuter train system (BART) failed to compensate for one of the most obvious of all reliability problems: stray current leakage that would drain traction power as well as pose a shock hazard to passengers.


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    Title :

    Overlooking the obvious


    Additional title:

    Uebersehen des Offensichtlichen


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    IEEE Spectrum ; 18 , 10 ; 85-89


    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    5 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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