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Fault-Tolerant Design

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Elena Dubrova

    1. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Krista, Sweden

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  • Provides textbook coverage of the fundamental concepts of fault-tolerance
  • Describes a variety of basic techniques for achieving fault-tolerance in electronic, communication and software systems
  • Guides readers to develop skills in modeling and evaluating fault-tolerant architectures in terms of reliability, availability and safety
  • Describes in detail sources of faults and means for their prevention and forecasting
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-4

  3. Fundamentals of Dependability

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    Pages 5-20

  4. Dependability Evaluation Techniques

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    Pages 21-54

  5. Hardware Redundancy

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    Pages 55-86

  6. Information Redundancy

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    Pages 87-136

  7. Time Redundancy

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    Pages 137-155

  8. Software Redundancy

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    Pages 157-179

  9. Conclusion

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    Pages 181-181

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 183-185
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About this book

This textbook serves as an introduction to fault-tolerance, intended for upper-division undergraduate students, graduate-level students and practicing engineers in need of an overview of the field.  Readers will develop skills in modeling and evaluating fault-tolerant architectures in terms of reliability, availability and safety.  They will gain a thorough understanding of fault tolerant computers, including both the theory of how to design and evaluate them and the practical knowledge of achieving fault-tolerance in electronic, communication and software systems.  Coverage includes fault-tolerance techniques through hardware, software, information and time redundancy.  The content is designed to be highly accessible, including numerous examples and exercises.  Solutions and powerpoint slides are available for instructors.

Authors and Affiliations

  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Krista, Sweden

    Elena Dubrova

About the author

Elena Dubrova is a professor in the School of Information and Communication Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology in Kista, Sweden.

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