Title :
Telescopic replication in hierarchically structured process-control programs
Author :
Chen, Ing-Ray ; Bastani, Farokh B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Houston Univ., TX, USA
Abstract :
Presents a hierarchical control structure incorporating telescopic replication for providing cost-effective redundancy for nodes providing centralized control. The lowest-level nodes of the hierarchy are designed to be inherently fault-tolerant. The higher-level nodes formulate optimal strategies and coordinate lower-level activities. Telescopic replication yields a good performance/cost ratio and allows the system to adapt to failures of higher-level nodes gradually, without the use of backward recovery
Keywords :
fault tolerant computing; process computer control; redundancy; centralized control; cost-effective redundancy; fault tolerant nodes; gradual failure adaptation; hierarchical control structure; hierarchically structured process-control programs; low level activities coordination; optimal strategies; performance/cost ratio; telescopic replication; Centralized control; Computer science; Control systems; Distributed control; Fault tolerance; Knowledge representation; Parallel processing; Power system reliability; Process control; Redundancy;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1989. Vol.II: Software Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1912-0
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1989.48119
