A control theory approach for analyzing the effects of data errors in safety-critical control systems

Proceedings of IEEE Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing, PRDC

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 105-114

  Askerdal, Örjan ^a   Gäfvert, Magnus ^b   Hiller, Martin ^a   Suri, Neeraj ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Application software; Computer errors; Control system analysis; Control systems; Control theory; Data analysis; Embedded computing; Engines; Error correction; Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ENGINES; ERROR CORRECTION; ERRORS; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER ERRORS; CONTROL SYSTEM FAILURES; CONTROL THEORY APPROACH; EMBEDDED APPLICATION; EMBEDDED COMPUTING; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SAFETY-CRITICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM DEPENDABILITY;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0344362761     PISSN: 15410110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PRDC.2002.1185625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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