Bielefeld University - Faculty of Technology
Networks and Distributed Systems
Research group of Prof. Peter B. Ladkin, Ph.D.
Networks and Distributed Systems
Research group of Prof. Peter B. Ladkin, Ph.D.
Welcome to Networks and Distributed Systems
The RVS Group (german: AG RVS - Arbeitsgruppe Rechnernetze und Verteilte Systeme) was established on January 1, 1995 and is headed by Prof. Peter B. Ladkin Ph.D. The RVS Group performs research an teaching in:
- Failure analysis and accident analysis of complex, heterogeneous, open systems
- System safety analysis and forward engineering
- Specification and verification of system requirements, designs and implementations
- Computer and telecommunications networking, particularly pratical security
Peter Ladkin is the developer of the formal and semi-formal failure and accident method Why-Because-Analysis (WBA), which has been used to analyse commercial aviation and railway accidents, as well as a friendly-fire accident and a cruise ship grounding, as well as computer security incidents. The group proposes Ontological Analysis, which incorporates causal system analysis, for safety requirements elicitation, specification and analysis.
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