Dependability analysis of a high-speed network using software-implemented fault injection and simulated fault injection

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 108-119

  Stott, David T ^a   Ries, Greg ^b   Hsueh, Mei Chen ^c,d   Iyer, Ravishankar K ^a,d  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Chromatic Research Inc   (United States)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^d IEEE

Author keywords

Dependability; Embedded system; Fault effect; Fault simulation; Myrinet; SWIFI

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

DEPENDABILITY ANALYSIS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; HIGH SPEED NETWORKS; SIMULATED FAULT INJECTION; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTED FAULT INJECTION (SWIFI);

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 0031672516     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/12.656094     Document Type: Article

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