Title :
Fault-tolerant systems: the way biology does it!
Author :
Ortega-Sanchez, C. ; Tyrrell, Andrew
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., York Univ., UK
Abstract :
The design of a basic cell to be used as the main building block of embryonic arrays is presented. The main properties of embryonic systems, including multicellular organisation, cellular differentiation and cellular division, are all covered by the arrays constructed with the cell. The implementation of a 1-bit, 3-input voter circuit is presented as practical example showing the effectiveness of such a design in terms of functionality and fault-tolerance
Keywords :
arrays; biocybernetics; cellular biophysics; fault tolerant computing; genetic algorithms; biological cells; cellular differentiation; cellular division; embryonic arrays; evolvable hardware; fault-tolerant systems; functionality; multicellular organisation; voter circuit; Cells (biology); Circuits; DNA; Embryo; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Field programmable gate arrays; Genetic algorithms; Organisms; Systems biology;
Conference_Titel :
EUROMICRO 97. 'New Frontiers of Information Technology'. Short Contributions., Proceedings of the 23rd Euromicro Conference
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8215-9
DOI :
10.1109/EMSCNT.1997.658454
