A comparative analysis of network dependability, fault-tolerance, reliability, security, and survivability

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-124

  Al Kuwaiti, M ^a   Kyriakopoulos, N ^a   Hussein, S ^a  

^a The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependability; Fault tolerance; Reliability; Security; Survivability

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS; CORRESPONDING RELATIONS; DEPENDABILITY; EVALUATION MEASURES; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; RIGOROUS EVALUATION; SECURITY; SURVIVABILITY;

FAULT TOLERANCE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 67651046905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2009.090208     Document Type: Article

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