Fault-Tolerant Design, 2013

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.

Introduction.- Fundamentals of Dependability.- Dependability Evaluation Techniques.- Hardware Redundancy.- Information Redundancy.- Time Redundancy.- Software Redundancy.- Conclusion.

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

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