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Towards Systematic Safety System Development with a Tool Supported Pattern Language

Authors:
Jari Rauhamäki
Timo Vepsäläinen
Seppo Kuikka

Keywords: system; software; design pattern; safety standard; tool support

Abstract:
Design patterns illustrate qualities and features that would suit well in current understanding of safety system development, design and documentation. However, though a number of design patterns for safety system development have been proposed, the focus has been on individual quality attributes such as fault tolerance and reliability. The systematic use of design patterns in the development process has received less attention. In this paper, we discuss and illustrate extended usage possibilities for design patterns as part of safety system development. We discuss a design pattern language that we are developing to cover, e.g., safety system architecture, scope minimization and co-operation with basic control systems. Use of patterns for documentation purposes, tool support for using patterns, and rationale for the pattern approach are discussed as well.

Pages: 341 to 348

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: November 15, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-438-1

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from November 15, 2015 to November 20, 2015