Fault-Toleront System Design: Broad Brush and Fine Print

1 March 1980

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Computer

Vol. 13 (3) , 39-45
https://doi.org/10.1109/mc.1980.1653529

Abstract

Fault-tolerant computing encompasses diverse architectures. This examination of the field's general concepts, with cautionary notes, identifies common characteristics within this diversity.

Keywords

FAULT TOLERANT SYSTEMS
REDUNDANCY
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND THEORY
FAULT DIAGNOSIS
DIGITAL SYSTEMS
APPLICATION SOFTWARE

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