accident analysis

Accident Analysis is a form of Behavioural Systems analysis. The main object of interest is to identify causes for unwanted behaviour of systems.Accident Analysis is performed in four steps:Fact gathering After an accident happened a forensic process starts to gather all possibly relevant facts that may contribute to understanding the accident.Fact Analysis After the forensic process has been completed or at least delivered some results the facts are put together to give a "big picture." The history of the accident is reconstructed and checked for consistency and plausibility.Conclusion Drawing If the accident history is sufficiently informative conclusions can be drawn about causation and contributing factors.Countermeasures In some cases the development of countermeasures is desired or recommendations have to be issued to prevent further accidents of the same kind.
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