Active System Control: Design of System Resilience (主動系統控制：系統韌性設計)

現在是第二版，本書介紹了一種主動系統控制的方法。這種方法在設計和開發中應用時，可以改善我們的技術系統。它擴展了系統控制的概念，利用數據累積、狀態和結構依賴性。作者將這些特性定義為可靠性、性能、能源效率和自我適應。他們描述了如何在數據用於解釋系統狀況時，通過與實際物理模型的插值來彌合數據累積和分析之間的差距。作者介紹了一個主動系統控制和安全的原則——這是一種解釋系統模型應具備什麼的方式，使計算機系統更高效，這在安全關鍵、嵌入式和低功耗自主系統等應用領域中是一個至關重要的新關注點，例如交通、醫療保健以及其他具有移動物質和元素的動態系統。在理論層面上，本書進一步擴展了容錯的概念，引入了一種系統級設計以提高整體效率。在實踐層面上，它說明了主動系統方法如何幫助我們的系統變得自我演化。

這本更新版的《Active System Control》包含了有關系統軟體概念和主動系統控制未來的新章節，以及一個包含未解決航空安全事件案例研究的章節。

Professor Igor Schagaev is the Director of IT-ACS Ltd Stevenage, UK. He received PhD in Computer Science in 1987 from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Problem of Control; Certificate in Business Organization of Research Program Management 1994 Kingston University, under Rothchild-Thatcher foundation program, further extended by "International" aspect TACIS (EC) 1996; Certificate in Learning and teaching in High Education, University of North London 2001. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Analyst and Programmers (UK) since 1992 and Fellow of British Computer Society since 2013. Igor has previously worked as an Electromechanical Engineer at the Smolensk aviation factory, USSR, a Senior Programmer and Design Engineer at the Institute of Advanced Computations, Central Statistic Bureau of USSR, and as a Head of Fault Tolerant System Branch in Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences. The latter was combined with work as Senior Design Engineer and System Programmer for Avionics at Sukhoy Design Bureau. Since 1992 Igor has been Director of ATLAB Ltd. Bristol (now converged into IT-ACS Ltd). Since 1989 Igor collaborated with Prof Niklaus Wirth and Prof Juerg Gutknecht both ETH Zurich. The result of it was Directorate General of Research of EC grant ONBASS 2004-2009. Since 1989 in system design and software, Igor has published internationally 70+ papers in journals and conferences and seven books. Igor was keynote speaker at World Conferences in UK, China, USA, provided consultancy for Financial Times, Sunday Times, Boston Facultimedia, and Swedish government -- all on the subject of ICT, avionics, and aerospace domains. Igor has been honoured with several industry awards, achievements, and grants. He is author of the Springer titles: V Castano and I Schagaev, "Resilient Computer System Design" and 3 editions of Schagaev I, Gutknekht J "Software Design for Resilient Computer Systems". Since 2007, together with Dr Brian Kirk and Alex Schagaev, Igor holds a patent on Method and Apparatus for Active System Safety, GB 2448351.

Dr. Brian R. Kirk is the founder and Director of the Institute for Active Resilient Systems, formerly Robinson Systems Engineering Ltd. in the UK, which has specialized in designing and building safety-related computing and control systems for over 40 years. He received his PhD in Methods of Active System Safety in 2007, formerly attaining an MSc in Industrial Electronics from Imperial College and a BSc (Hons) in Electronics from Salford University in the 1960s. He worked on early graphics based CAD and simulators for microchip design with Marconi Research labs. In the 1970s, he worked as design manager for microprocessors and memories at General Instrument Corp. There, he worked on custom IC design and early 1,4,8 and 16 bit processors, including the PIC series, the Sinclair calculators, and early TV Console games (such as Pong). After working for Mergenthaler Linotype on system designs during the phototypesetting revolution, he founded Robinson Systems Engineering Ltd. He has presented many papers linking theory to practical applications at conferences around the world and collaborated with Professors' Wirth and Gutknecht's group at ETH Zurich for over 20 years, co-authoring the Zonnon Language Report. As joint author of the book Programming Oberon in Windows, he released Robinson's Oberon compiler for Windows as part of the Programmers Oberon Workbench as freeware, inspired by the usability and ubiquity of Borland Pascal. In collaboration with Prof Schagaev Brian worked within EC DG Research funded project ONBASS (On-Board Active System Safety) for aviation. IPR resulting of this project was patented and formation with Prof Schagaev a company IT-ACS Ltd. More recently he has provided technical advice to US Legal teams on the causes of Sudden Unintended Acceleration in vehicles that contributed to a billion dollar settlement in a single Class Action case and contributed to Tom Murray's book Deadly by Design. He is currently working with the Institute of Engineering and Technology (UK) and IEEE on Standards for improving the Electromagnetic Resilience of Systems. He is a member the British Computer Society, Institute of Directors, and life member of the ACM (USA) and the International Society of Bassists, being an enthusiastic double bass player in various jazz bands.

教授伊戈爾·沙哈耶夫（Professor Igor Schagaev）是英國史蒂文尼奇的 IT-ACS Ltd 公司的董事。他於1987年在俄羅斯科學院控制問題研究所獲得計算機科學博士學位；1994年在金斯頓大學獲得商業組織研究計劃管理證書，該計劃由羅斯柴爾德-撒切爾基金會提供，並於1996年進一步擴展為「國際」方面的 TACIS（歐盟）計劃；2001年在倫敦北部大學獲得高等教育學習與教學證書。自1992年以來，他是英國分析師與程序員學會的會員，並自2013年起成為英國計算機學會的會員。伊戈爾曾在蘇聯斯摩倫斯克航空工廠擔任機電工程師，在蘇聯中央統計局的先進計算研究所擔任高級程序員和設計工程師，並在俄羅斯科學院控制科學研究所擔任容錯系統分支的負責人。後者的工作還包括在蘇霍伊設計局擔任高級設計工程師和系統程序員。自1992年以來，伊戈爾一直是布里斯托的 ATLAB Ltd（現已合併為 IT-ACS Ltd）的董事。自1989年以來，伊戈爾與蘇黎世聯邦理工學院的尼克勞斯·維爾特教授和尤爾格·古特克內赫特教授合作，這一合作的結果是歐盟研究總局的 ONBASS 資助（2004-2009）。自1989年以來，在系統設計和軟體方面，伊戈爾在國際期刊和會議上發表了70多篇論文和七本書籍。伊戈爾曾在英國、中國、美國的世界會議上擔任主題演講者，並為《金融時報》、《星期日泰晤士報》、《波士頓法學媒體》和瑞典政府提供有關 ICT、航空電子學和航空航天領域的諮詢服務。伊戈爾獲得了多項行業獎項、成就和資助。他是施普林格出版社的書籍《V Castano 和 I Schagaev, 'Resilient Computer System Design'》及《Schagaev I, Gutknecht J 'Software Design for Resilient Computer Systems'》三版的作者。自2007年以來，伊戈爾與布萊恩·柯克博士和亞歷克斯·沙哈耶夫共同持有一項關於主動系統安全的方法和裝置的專利，專利號 GB 2448351。

布萊恩·R·柯克博士（Dr. Brian R. Kirk）是主動彈性系統研究所的創始人和董事，該所前身為英國的羅賓遜系統工程有限公司，專注於設計和建造與安全相關的計算和控制系統已有40多年。他於2007年獲得主動系統安全方法的博士學位，之前在帝國學院獲得工業電子碩士學位，並在1960年代在索爾福德大學獲得電子學榮譽學士學位。他曾在馬可尼研究實驗室從事早期基於圖形的 CAD 和微晶片設計模擬器的工作。在1970年代，他在通用儀器公司擔任微處理器和記憶體的設計經理，參與定制集成電路設計和早期的1、4、8和16位處理器的開發，包括 PIC 系列、辛克萊計算器和早期的電視控制台遊戲（如 Pong）。在為梅根塔勒·林奧泰普公司從事系統設計工作期間，他創立了羅賓遜系統工程有限公司。他在全球各地的會議上發表了許多將理論與實際應用相連結的論文，並與蘇黎世聯邦理工學院的維爾特教授和古特克內赫特教授的團隊合作超過20年，共同撰寫了 Zonnon 語言報告。作為《Programming Oberon in Windows》一書的共同作者，他將羅賓遜的 Oberon 編譯器作為免費軟體發布，靈感來自於 Borland Pascal 的可用性和普及性。與沙哈耶夫教授合作，布萊恩參與了歐盟 DG 研究資助的 ONBASS（機載主動系統安全）項目。該項目所產生的知識產權已獲得專利，並與沙哈耶夫教授共同成立了 IT-ACS Ltd。最近，他為美國法律團隊提供了有關導致汽車突然無意加速的原因的技術建議，這一建議促成了一項十億美元的和解。