SIGSOFT
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
2010
ACM
For `mixed-criticality' systems that have both critical and non-critical functions, the greatest leverage on dependability may be at the design level. By designing so that ea...
SAC
2008
ACM
13 years 4 months ago
2008
ACM
Web services have been widely employed to allow interoperability among applications and/or technologies. However, the standard technologies and protocols which provide the foundat...
CORR
2008
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
2008
Springer
: Performing dependability evaluation along with other analyses at architectural level allows both making architectural tradeoffs and predicting the effects of architectural decisi...
IWC
2007
13 years 4 months ago
2007
This paper describes a model that defines the attributes of domestic systems that lead to system dependability and a user-oriented specification method for support systems based...
JSS
2006
13 years 5 months ago
2006
When architecting dependable systems, in addition to improving system dependability by means of construction (fault-tolerant and redundant mechanisms, for instance), it is also im...
JSS
2006
13 years 5 months ago
2006
The dependability of a system is contextually subjective and reflects the particular stakeholder
FTCS
1997
13 years 6 months ago
1997
Fast turnaroundtime independabilityevaluation iscrucialfor e cient fault-tolerant system design and dependability of the resulting product since timely feedbacks will allow more i...
CRITICAL
2005
13 years 7 months ago
2005
This paper considers multiple meanings of dependability as part of a project investigating home based assistive and smart home technology for older people. It argues that because ...
EPEW
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
2006
Springer
Abstract. As Web service-based system integration recently became the mainstream approach to create composite services, the dependability of such systems becomes more and more cruc...
DSN
2004
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
2004
IEEE
We present the concept of alternative functionality for improving dependability in distributed embedded systems. Alternative functionality is a mechanism that complements traditio...