The Therac-25: 30 Years Later

A widely cited 1993 Computer article described failures in a software-controlled radiation machine that massively overdosed six people in the late 1980s, resulting in serious injury and fatalities. How far have safety-critical systems come since then?

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Computer (Long Beach, Calif.) Vol. 50; no. 11; pp. 8 - 11
Main Author: Leveson, Nancy G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York IEEE 01.11.2017
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
From the Archives: Computer's Legacy
hardware failure
history of computing
radiation
requirements engineering
safety
Safety critical
safety-critical systems
software engineering
software failure
Software quality
systems engineering
Therac-25
ISSN:0018-9162, 1558-0814
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Summary:A widely cited 1993 Computer article described failures in a software-controlled radiation machine that massively overdosed six people in the late 1980s, resulting in serious injury and fatalities. How far have safety-critical systems come since then?
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ISSN:0018-9162
1558-0814
DOI:10.1109/MC.2017.4041349