A Software-Based Redundant Execution Programming Model for Transient Fault Detection and Correction

Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops

Volumn 2016-September, Issue , 2016, Pages 66-71

  Chen, Yi Shen ^a   Chen, Peng Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

compiler; fault tolerance; multi threading; reliability; transient fault

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; FAULT TOLERANCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; RELIABILITY; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

BENCHMARK PROGRAMS; COMPILER; MULTI-THREADING; MULTI-THREADING TECHNIQUES; PROGRAM EXECUTION; PROGRAMMING MODELS; TRANSIENT FAULTS; TRANSIENT-FAULT DETECTION;

FAULT DETECTION;

EID: 84990876621     PISSN: 15302016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICPPW.2016.25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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