Computing System Reliability

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   Pages 1-5

3. Basic Reliability Concepts and Analysis

   Pages 7-40

4. Models for Hardware System Reliability

   Pages 41-70

5. Models for Software Reliability

   Pages 71-111

6. Models for Integrated Systems

   Pages 113-144

7. Availability and Reliability of Distributed Computing Systems

   Pages 145-177

8. Reliability of Grid Computing Systems

   Pages 179-205

9. Multi-state System Reliability

   Pages 207-237

10. Optimal System Design and Resource Allocation

    Pages 239-289

11. Back Matter

    Pages 275-293

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Computing systems are of growing importance because of their wide use in many areas including those in safety-critical systems. This book describes the basic models and approaches to the reliability analysis of such systems. An extensive review is provided and models are categorized into different types. Some Markov models are extended to the analysis of some specific computing systems such as combined software and hardware, imperfect debugging processes, failure correlation, multi-state systems, heterogeneous subsystems, etc. One of the aims of the presentation is that based on the sound analysis and simplicity of the approaches, the use of Markov models can be better implemented in the computing system reliability.

• Debugging
• Hardware
• Markov
• calculus
• design
• distributed computing
• reliability
• safety-critical system
• software

From the reviews:

"The study of system reliability is as an important topic in engineering that has gained further importance in recent decades … . This book is a good basic introduction to its subject, which is suitable for practitioners. … it collects and places in context topics and techniques covered in a large number of publications on the subject. The good list of references and the topic index at the end make it a suitable resource for students." (Shrisha Rao, Computing Reviews, February, 2005)

• National University of Singapore, Singapore

  Min Xie, Yuan-Shun Dai, Kim-Leng Poh

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