Software fault tolerance

Over the past decade, the decreasing cost of minicomputer components has encouraged the use of multiprocessor techniques in the… (More)

Software fault tolerance demands additional tasks like error detection and recovery through executable assertions, exception… (More)

A low-cost and effective solution for developing transient fault tolerant application software based on a single-version program 

The paper describes a systematic approach for automatically introducing data and code redundancy into an existing program written… (More)

N-version programing is defined a s t h e independent generation of N2 2 func t iona l ly equiva len t prograns f r an the sme i… (More)

By software fault tolerance in the application layer, we mean a set of application level software components to detect and… (More)

A fault-tolerant software unit is composed of N~2 diverse member units, usually developed by N separate teams, and an execution… (More)

Crucial computer applications require extremely reliable software. For a typical system, current proof techniques and testing… (More)

Some basic concepts underlying the issue of fault-tolerant software design are investigated. Relying on these concepts, a unified… (More)

The paper presents, and discusses the rationale behind, a method for structuring complex computing systems by the use of what we… (More)