Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems: Tests, Diagnosis, Fault Treatment 5th International GI/ITG/GMA Conference Nürnberg, September 25–27, 1991 Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Responsive Systems: A Marriage Between Real Time and Fault Tolerance....Pages 1-17
Self-Diagnosis, Reconfiguration and Recovery in the Dynamical Reconfigurable Multiprocessor System DAMP....Pages 18-29
Efficient Recovery of Statically Redundant Systems....Pages 30-41
Implementations and Extensions of the Conversation Concept....Pages 42-53
Concurrent Error Detection Using Watchdog Processors in the Multiprocessor System MEMSY....Pages 54-64
Seeds: Simulation Environment for Dynamic Evaluation of Diagnostic Strategies....Pages 65-76
An Expert System Shell for the Diagnosis of Parallel Computers....Pages 77-87
Adaptive Fault Tolerance in Multi-Computer Systems Using Data Compaction and Two-Level Voting....Pages 88-99
The Electoral District Strategy for Replicated Data in Distributed Systems....Pages 100-111
Adaptive Byzantine Agreement in O( t ) Phases....Pages 112-123
Scan technology at work....Pages 124-135
Emulation of Scan Paths in Sequential Circuit Synthesis....Pages 136-147
Testing of Fault-Tolerant Hardware....Pages 148-159
Coding redundancy for combinational switching circuits....Pages 160-170
Optimal Error Detection Circuits for Sequential Circuits with Observable States....Pages 171-180
Efficient Encoding/Decoding Circuitry for Systematic Unidirectional Error-Detecting Codes....Pages 181-192
Acceleration of RAM-Tests with Associative Pattern Recognition Methods....Pages 193-204
Truth Table Verification for One-Dimensional CMOS ILA’s....Pages 205-216
On Modeling and Analysis of Latency Problem in Fault-Tolerant Systems....Pages 217-228
Fixed Point Iteration in Availability Modeling....Pages 229-240
Resource Allocation for Distributed Systems with Fault Tolerant Nodes....Pages 241-252
Performability Evaluation of a Fault-Tolerant Multiprocessor Architecture Using Stochastic Petri Nets....Pages 253-265
Special Features of a Computer-Based German Reactor Protection System....Pages 266-288
Fault-Tolerant Process Interface with Programmable Controllers....Pages 289-299
A Simulation-Based Study of a Triple Modular Redundant System using DEPEND....Pages 300-311
A Reconfigurable Instruction Systolic Array....Pages 312-323
A New Approach for Designing Fault-Tolerant Array Processors....Pages 324-331
A Performable BSM Architecture....Pages 332-347
The Interlocking Bus Network For Fault-Tolerant Processor Arrays....Pages 348-359
A Fault Tolerant Interconnection Network for Memory-Coupled Multiprocessor Systems....Pages 360-371
Star Type Networks with Fault Tolerance....Pages 372-382
A Classification of Software Diversity Degrees Induced by an Analysis of Fault Types to be Tolerated....Pages 383-395
Optimal Design of Checks for Error Detection and Location in Fault Tolerant Multiprocessor Systems....Pages 396-406
Testing Fault-Tolerant Protocols by Heuristic Fault Injection....Pages 407-418
A Practical Approach for a Fault-Tolerant Massively Parallel Computer....Pages 419-424
Back Matter....Pages 425-425