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A comedy of errors: the London Ambulance Service case study
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Source International Workshop on Software Specifications & Design archive
Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Software Specification and Design table of contents
Page: 2  
Year of Publication: 1996
ISBN:0-8186-7361-3
Authors
A. Finkelstein  School of Informatics, City University, UK
J. Dowell  School of Informatics, City University, UK
Sponsor
SIGSOFT: ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering
Publisher
IEEE Computer Society  Washington, DC, USA
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ABSTRACT

This paper provides an introduction to the IWSSD-8 (8th International Workshop on Software Specification and Design) case study-the "Report of the Inquiry Into the London Ambulance Service". The paper gives an overview of the case study and provides a brief summary. It considers how the case study can be used to orient discussion at the workshop and provide a bridge between the various contributions.


REFERENCES

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1
Mellor, P. (1994); CAD: computer-aided disaster; High Integrity Systems; 1, 2, pp. 101-156.
 
2
Perrow, C. (1984); Normal Accidents: living with high-risk technology; Basic Books, New York.

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INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
London Ambulance Service, case study, emergency services, formal specification, inquiry, public administration, software design, software specification

Collaborative Colleagues:
A. Finkelstein: colleagues
J. Dowell: colleagues

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