An investigation of proposed techniques for quantifying confidence in assurance arguments

PJ Graydon, CM Holloway - Safety science, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of safety cases in certification raises the question of assurance argument sufficiency
and the issue of confidence (or uncertainty) in the argument's claims. Some researchers …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence-based decision-making: On the use of systematicity cases to check the compliance of reviews with reporting guidelines such as PRISMA 2020

AB Belle, Y Zhao - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and context Systematic reviews aim to provide high-quality evidence-based
syntheses for efficacy under real-world conditions and allow understanding the correlations …

Tool support for assurance case development

E Denney, G Pai - Automated Software Engineering, 2018 - Springer
Argument-based assurance cases, often represented and organized using graphical
argument structures, are increasingly being used in practice to provide assurance to …

Supply chain sustainability assessment with Dempster-Shafer evidence theory: Implications in cleaner production

MM Bappy, SM Ali, G Kabir, SK Paul - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Assessing sustainability in supply chains is an important task for any organization in the
competitive business environment. The process of assessing the sustainability of a supply …

Development of flood resilience framework for housing infrastructure system: Integration of best-worst method with evidence theory

MK Sen, S Dutta, G Kabir - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Housing infrastructure is the basic need of living, and due to disaster, many houses got
damaged. Therefore, assessing resilience for housing infrastructure against a flood hazard …

How trustworthy are risk assessment results, and what can be done about the uncertainties they are plagued with?

H Pasman, W Rogers - Journal of loss prevention in the process industries, 2018 - Elsevier
The purpose of a risk assessment is to make a decision whether the risk of a given situation
is within an acceptable range, and, if not, how we can reduce it to a tolerable level. For many …

Modelling second-order uncertainty in state machines

N Walkinshaw, RM Hierons - IEEE Transactions on Software …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modelling the behaviour of state-based systems can be challenging, especially when the
modeller is not entirely certain about its intended interactions with the user or the …

Two decades of assurance case tools: a survey

M Maksimov, NLS Fung, S Kokaly… - … Safety, Reliability, and …, 2018 - Springer
In regulated safety-critical domains, such as the aerospace and nuclear domains,
certification bodies often require systems to undergo a stringent safety assessment …

An integrated framework for bridge infrastructure resilience analysis against seismic hazard

SA Khan, G Kabir, M Billah, S Dutta - Sustainable and Resilient …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Resilient bridge infrastructure is a fundamental component of an uninterrupted
transportation system. Thus, assessing the resilience of bridge infrastructure against natural …

Model-based assurance evidence management for safety–critical systems

JL de la Vara, AS García, J Valero, C Ayora - Software and Systems …, 2022 - Springer
Most safety–critical systems are subject to rigorous assurance processes to justify that the
systems satisfy given requirements and are dependable. These processes are typically …