Risk assessment must evolve for addressing the existing and future challenges, and
considering the new systems and innovations that have already arrived in our lives and that …

Context: As the diversity and complexity of regulations affecting Software-Intensive Products
and Services (SIPS) is increasing, software engineers need to address the growing …

The advent of autonomous cars, drones, and ships, the complexity of these systems is
increasing, challenging risk analysis and risk mitigation, since the incorporation of software …

Advanced technological systems consist of a combination of hardware and software, and
they are often operated or supervised by a human operator. Failures in software-intensive …

Autonomous systems, including airborne, land-based, marine, and underwater vehicles, are
increasingly present in the world. One important aspect of autonomy is the capability to …

ABSTRACT The United States Navy plans on fielding autonomous surface vessels in the
near future. This paper presents a preliminary approach for certifying an autonomous …

The current safety of flight clearances for unmanned aircraft requires a qualified operator
who can make decisions and ultimately bears the responsibility for the safe operations of the …

A generic backtracking process algorithm based on the deductive implementation of a
probabilistic Markov/cell-to-cell mapping technique is proposed for risk-informed …

Automation and an increasing level of autonomy are not novelties in aircraft cockpits. One of
the main goals of automation in aviation is to increase pilots' situation awareness (SA) and …

The challenges of current software-intensive systems, large-scale information and
computing systems environments, which are highly dynamic, heterogeneous, and …