Abstract
No one yet knows what caused the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers and poured millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. But considering the fact that offshore oil rigs comprise dozens of complex subsystems that use or are controlled by software, is it possible a software failure could have contributed to this disaster?
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 5593032 |
Pages (from-to) | 6-9 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | IT Professional |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2010 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Software
- Hardware and Architecture
- Computer Science Applications