A fault-scalable service can be configured to tolerate increasing numbers of faults without significant decreases in performance. The Query/Update (Q/U) protocol is a new tool t...
Michael Abd-El-Malek, Gregory R. Ganger, Garth R. ...
The design and implementation of distributed real-time dependable systems is often dominated by non-functional considerations like timeliness, object placement and fault tolerance...
Building dependable distributed systems using ad hoc methods is a challenging task. Without proper support, an application programmer must face the daunting requirement of having ...
Jennifer Ren, Michel Cukier, Paul Rubel, William H...
We present a methodology for the simulation of soft errors targeting future nano-technological devices. This approach efficiently scales the failure rate of individual devices ac...
Christian J. Hescott, Drew C. Ness, David J. Lilja
We discuss the design of a novel analog checker that monitors two duplicate signals and provides a digital error indication when their absolute difference is unacceptably large. Th...