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Annotation Proceedings of a November 2002 conference held in New Orleans. Eighteen contributions are arranged in sections on next generation aerospace risk technologies, analysis and lessons learned after an accident, machinery safety codes and design issues, and designing for safety. A sampling of topics: alternative techniques for modeling accident progression in aerospace applications, post- incident safety analysis of an automatic train protection system, forensic engineering case studies of machinery product design, and stochastic theory of human slipping. No subject index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).