(Courtesy of Prof. Nancy Leveson.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Nancy Leveson
MIT Course Number
16.863J / ESD.863J
As Taught In
Spring 2011
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
The goal of 16.863J is to teach basic principles of system safety, including accident analysis, hazard analysis, design for safety, human factors and safety, controlling safety during operations, and management of safety critical projects and systems. While you will learn what is currently done today, you will also learn new techniques that are proving to be more powerful and effective than the traditional safety engineering approaches.
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