Improving system dependability with functional alternatives

Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 295-304

  Shelton, Charles P ^a   Koopman, Philip ^b  

^a ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; REDUNDANCY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMIC REDUNDANCY; DISTRIBUTED EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; SYSTEM DEPENDABILITY; SYSTEM MODEL;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 4544229554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/dsn.2004.1311899     Document Type: Conference Paper

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