Re: counterintuitive results on independence

[Marcus G. Daniels]

>>>>> "CL" == cal  <address@hidden> writes:

CL> this is why it is important to read the original work (see nancy
CL> leveson's home page, easily found on the web)

Unfortunately, the 1986 paper doesn't appear to be on the WWW.

CL> it turns out that the ``tricky'' parts of the problem tend to get
CL> more errors in any implementation, and this fact is what destroys
CL> the independence of error occurrences, regardless of the
CL> independence of algorithms

Sounds right to me!


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