Title :
Fault-Tolerant Computing: An Introduction and an Overview
Author :
Ramamoorthy, C.V.
Author_Institution :
IEEE
Abstract :
Fault tolerance has become an important design parameter of fourth generation computing systems. A brief overview of significant accomplishments in fault detection and location, reliability modeling, analysis and architecture, and some comments on software aspects of reliable computation are provided. A few promising areas for future investigation are described.
Keywords :
Diagnosis, fault-tolerant computing, reliability, testing.; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Computer architecture; Fault detection; Fault diagnosis; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Sequential analysis; System testing; Diagnosis, fault-tolerant computing, reliability, testing.;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/T-C.1971.223122
