All Outputs (85)

Andromeda: A model-connected framework for safety assessment and assurance (2024)
Journal Article
Retouniotis, A., Papadopoulos, Y., & Sorokos, I. (2025). Andromeda: A model-connected framework for safety assessment and assurance. Journal of Systems and Software, 220, Article 112256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2024.112256

Safety is a key factor in the development of critical systems, encompassing both conventional types, such as aircraft, and modern technologies, such as autonomous vehicles. Failures during their operation can be potentially far-reaching and impact pe... Read More about Andromeda: A model-connected framework for safety assessment and assurance.

Exploring Creation and Curation as Steps Towards a Gamification of the Arts Through Game Engines (2024)
Thesis
Torrao, L. C. Exploring Creation and Curation as Steps Towards a Gamification of the Arts Through Game Engines. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4736049

Game engines enable the creation of novel applications that can enhance how art is created and presented and provide new tools to artists. This thesis presents study, research, and development within the frontiers between the arts and computer scienc... Read More about Exploring Creation and Curation as Steps Towards a Gamification of the Arts Through Game Engines.

Safety Monitoring for Large Language Models: A Case Study of Offshore Wind Maintenance (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walker, C., Rothon, C., Aslansefat, K., Papadopoulos, Y., & Dethlefs, N. (2024, February). Safety Monitoring for Large Language Models: A Case Study of Offshore Wind Maintenance. Presented at Safety Critical Systems Symposium SSS'24, Bristol, UK

It has been forecasted that a quarter of the world's energy usage will be supplied from Offshore Wind (OSW) by 2050 (Smith 2023). Given that up to one third of Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) arises from Operations and Maintenance (O&M), the motive f... Read More about Safety Monitoring for Large Language Models: A Case Study of Offshore Wind Maintenance.

Addressing Complexity and Intelligence in Systems Dependability Evaluation (2023)
Thesis
Aslansefat, K. Addressing Complexity and Intelligence in Systems Dependability Evaluation. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4500562

Engineering and computing systems are increasingly complex, intelligent, and open adaptive. When it comes to the dependability evaluation of such systems, there are certain challenges posed by the characteristics of “complexity” and “intelligence”. T... Read More about Addressing Complexity and Intelligence in Systems Dependability Evaluation.

Safety-Security Co-Engineering Framework (2023)
Report
Aslansefat, K., Gerasimou, S., Hamibi, H., Matragkas, N., Michalodimitrakis, E., Papadopoulos, Y., Papoutsakis, M., & Walker, M. (2023). Safety-Security Co-Engineering Framework. European Commission

Executive Summary:
The advantages of a model-based approach for safety have been clear for many years now. However, security analysis is typically less formal and more ad-hoc; it may involve systematic processes but these are not generally tied into... Read More about Safety-Security Co-Engineering Framework.

Safety Analysis Concept and Methodology for EDDI development (Initial Version) (2023)
Report
Aslansefat, K., Gerasimou, S., Michalodimi-trakis, E., Papoutsakis, M., Reich, J., Sorokos, I., Walker, M., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2023). Safety Analysis Concept and Methodology for EDDI development (Initial Version). European Comission

Executive Summary:
This deliverable describes the proposed safety analysis concept and accompanying methodology to be defined in the SESAME project. Three overarching challenges to the development of safe and secure multi-robot systems are identifie... Read More about Safety Analysis Concept and Methodology for EDDI development (Initial Version).

Explaining black boxes with a SMILE: Statistical Model-agnostic Interpretability with Local Explanations (2023)
Journal Article
Aslansefat, K., Hashemian, M., Walker, M., Akram, M. N., Sorokos, I., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2023). Explaining black boxes with a SMILE: Statistical Model-agnostic Interpretability with Local Explanations. IEEE Software, https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2023.3321282

Machine learning is currently undergoing an explosion in capability, popularity, and sophistication. However, one of the major barriers to widespread acceptance of machine learning (ML) is trustworthiness: most ML models operate as black boxes, their... Read More about Explaining black boxes with a SMILE: Statistical Model-agnostic Interpretability with Local Explanations.

A Deep Learning Framework for Wind Turbine Repair Action Prediction Using Alarm Sequences and Long Short Term Memory Algorithms (2022)
Journal Article
Walker, C., Rothon, C., Aslansefat, K., Papadopoulos, Y., & Dethlefs, N. (2022). A Deep Learning Framework for Wind Turbine Repair Action Prediction Using Alarm Sequences and Long Short Term Memory Algorithms. Lecture notes in computer science, 13525 LNCS, 189-203. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15842-1_14

With an increasing emphasis on driving down the costs of Operations and Maintenance (O &M) in the Offshore Wind (OSW) sector, comes the requirement to explore new methodology and applications of Deep Learning (DL) to the domain. Condition-based monit... Read More about A Deep Learning Framework for Wind Turbine Repair Action Prediction Using Alarm Sequences and Long Short Term Memory Algorithms.

Towards Improving Confidence in Autonomous Vehicle Software: A Study on Traffic Sign Recognition Systems (2021)
Journal Article
Aslansefat, K., Kabir, S., Abdullatif, A., Vasudevan Nair, V., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2021). Towards Improving Confidence in Autonomous Vehicle Software: A Study on Traffic Sign Recognition Systems. Computer, 54(8), 66-76

The application of artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven decision-making systems in autonomous vehicles is growing rapidly. As autonomous vehicles operate in dynamic environments, the risk that they can face an unknown observation is relativel... Read More about Towards Improving Confidence in Autonomous Vehicle Software: A Study on Traffic Sign Recognition Systems.

A novel approach based on stochastic hybrid fault tree to compare alternative flare gas recovery systems (2021)
Journal Article
Khodayee, S. M., Chiacchio, F., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2021). A novel approach based on stochastic hybrid fault tree to compare alternative flare gas recovery systems. IEEE Access, 9, 51029-51049. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3069807

Flaring has always been an inseparable part of oil production and exploration. Previously, waste gas collected from different parts of facilities was released for safety or operational reasons and combusted on top of a flare stack since there was not... Read More about A novel approach based on stochastic hybrid fault tree to compare alternative flare gas recovery systems.

Computational Intelligence for Safety Assurance of Cooperative Systems of Systems (2020)
Journal Article
Kabir, S., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2020). Computational Intelligence for Safety Assurance of Cooperative Systems of Systems. Computer, 53(12), 24-34. https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2020.3014604

Cooperative systems of systems (CSoSs) form a new technological frontier for their enormous economic and societal potentials in various domains. This article presents a novel framework for dynamic safety assurance of CSoSs that integrates design time... Read More about Computational Intelligence for Safety Assurance of Cooperative Systems of Systems.

SafeML: Safety Monitoring of Machine Learning Classifiers Through Statistical Difference Measures (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aslansefat, K., Sorokos, I., Whiting, D., Tavakoli Kolagari, R., & Papadopoulos, Y. SafeML: Safety Monitoring of Machine Learning Classifiers Through Statistical Difference Measures. Presented at IMBSA: International Symposium on Model-Based Safety and Assessment, Lisbon

Ensuring safety and explainability of machine learning (ML) is a topic of increasing relevance as data-driven applications venture into safety-critical application domains, traditionally committed to high safety standards that are not satisfied with... Read More about SafeML: Safety Monitoring of Machine Learning Classifiers Through Statistical Difference Measures.

Failure Mode Reasoning in Model Based Safety Analysis (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jahanian, H., Parker, D., Zeller, M., McIver, A., & Papadopoulos, Y. Failure Mode Reasoning in Model Based Safety Analysis. Presented at International Symposium on Model-Based Safety and Assessment, Lisbon, Portugal

© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Failure Mode Reasoning (FMR) is a novel approach for analyzing failure in a Safety Instrumented System (SIS). The method uses an automatic analysis of an SIS program to calculate potential failures in parts of... Read More about Failure Mode Reasoning in Model Based Safety Analysis.

An Integrated Approach to Support the Process-Based Certification of Variant-Intensive Systems (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bressan, L., de Oliveira, A. L., Campos, F., Papadopoulos, Y., & Parker, D. An Integrated Approach to Support the Process-Based Certification of Variant-Intensive Systems. Presented at Model-Based Safety and Assessment 7th International Symposium, IMBSA 2020, Lisbon, Portugal

© 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Component-based approaches and software product lines have been adopted by industry to manage the diversity of configurations on safety-critical software. Safety certification demands compliance with standards.... Read More about An Integrated Approach to Support the Process-Based Certification of Variant-Intensive Systems.

A Hybrid Modular Approach for Dynamic Fault Tree Analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Kabir, S., Aslansefat, K., Sorokos, I., Papadopoulos, Y., & Konur, S. (2020). A Hybrid Modular Approach for Dynamic Fault Tree Analysis. IEEE Access, 8, 97175-97188. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2996643

Over the years, several approaches have been developed for the quantitative analysis of dynamic fault trees (DFTs). These approaches have strong theoretical and mathematical foundations; however, they appear to suffer from the state-space explosion a... Read More about A Hybrid Modular Approach for Dynamic Fault Tree Analysis.

Model-Based Safety and Assessment: 6th International Symposium, IMBSA 2019, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 16–18, 2019, Proceedings (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2019, October). Model-Based Safety and Assessment: 6th International Symposium, IMBSA 2019, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 16–18, 2019, Proceedings. Presented at 6th International Symposium, IMBSA: International Symposium on Model-Based Safety and Assessment, Thessaloniki, Greece

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Model-Based Safety and Assessment, IMBSA 2019, held in
Thessaloniki, Greece, in October 2019.

The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected fr... Read More about Model-Based Safety and Assessment: 6th International Symposium, IMBSA 2019, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 16–18, 2019, Proceedings.

A conceptual framework to incorporate complex basic events in HiP-HOPS (2019)
Book Chapter
Kabir, S., Aslansefat, K., Sorokos, I., Papadopoulos, Y., & Gheraibia, Y. (2019). A conceptual framework to incorporate complex basic events in HiP-HOPS. In Y. Papadopoulos, K. Aslansefat, P. Katsaros, & M. Bozzano (Eds.), Model-Based Safety and Assessment. IMBSA 2019 (109-124). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32872-6_8

Reliability evaluation for ensuring the uninterrupted system operation is an integral part of dependable system development. Model-based safety analysis (MBSA) techniques such as Hierarchically Performed Hazard Origin and Propagation Studies (HiP-HOP... Read More about A conceptual framework to incorporate complex basic events in HiP-HOPS.

A runtime safety analysis concept for open adaptive systems (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kabir, S., Sorokos, I., Aslansefat, K., Papadopoulos, Y., Gheraibia, Y., Reich, J., Saimler, M., & Wei, R. A runtime safety analysis concept for open adaptive systems. Presented at Model-Based Safety and Assessment (IMBSA 2019), Thessaloniki, Greece

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. In the automotive industry, modern cyber-physical systems feature cooperation and autonomy. Such systems share information to enable collaborative functions, allowing dynamic component integration and architectu... Read More about A runtime safety analysis concept for open adaptive systems.

Dynamic reliability assessment of flare systems by combining fault tree analysis and Bayesian networks (2019)
Journal Article
Kabir, S., Taleb-Berrouane, M., & Papadopoulos, Y. (in press). Dynamic reliability assessment of flare systems by combining fault tree analysis and Bayesian networks. Energy Sources, Part A, https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2019.1670287

Flaring is a combustion process commonly used in the oil and gas industry to dispose flammable waste gases. Flare flameout occurs when these gases escape unburnt from the flare tip causing the discharge of flammable and/or toxic vapor clouds. The tox... Read More about Dynamic reliability assessment of flare systems by combining fault tree analysis and Bayesian networks.

Safety + AI: A novel approach to update safety models using artificial intelligence (2019)
Journal Article
Gheraibia, Y., Kabir, S., Aslansefat, K., Sorokos, I., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2019). Safety + AI: A novel approach to update safety models using artificial intelligence. IEEE Access, 7, 135855-135869. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2941566

Safety-critical systems are becoming larger and more complex to obtain a higher level of functionality. Hence, modeling and evaluation of these systems can be a difficult and error-prone task. Among existing safety models, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) i... Read More about Safety + AI: A novel approach to update safety models using artificial intelligence.