A table-oriented interface for reliability modeling of fault-tolerant architectures

Author

Johnson, Sally C. ; Butler, Ricky W.

Author_Institution

NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA, USA

fYear

1992

Firstpage

149

Lastpage

154

Abstract

The Table-Oriented Translator to the ASSIST Language (TOTAL) computer program, a spreadsheet interface for a reliability analysis tool set under development at NASA Langley, is described. This program is designed to capture the failure characteristics of a fault-tolerant architecture and to automatically generate a corresponding reliability model. The level of information required is appropriate for system designers with little or no background in the details of reliability calculations. The system description process and model generation algorithms are presented

Keywords

aerospace computing; computer architecture; fault tolerant computing; reliability; software tools; spreadsheet programs; user interfaces; ASSIST Language; NASA Langley; TOTAL; Table-Oriented Translator; avionics; failure characteristics; fault-tolerant architectures; model generation algorithms; reliability analysis; reliability model; reliability modeling; spreadsheet interface; table-oriented interface; Character generation; Computer architecture; Computer interfaces; Degradation; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Fault trees; NASA; Plasma welding; Reliability theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1992. Proceedings., IEEE/AIAA 11th

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0820-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1992.282167

Filename

282167