Computation-Based Reliability Analysis

Author

Meyer, John F.

Author_Institution

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Program in Computer, Information, and Control Engineering) and the Department of Computer and Communication Sciences, University of Michigan

Issue

6

fYear

1976

fDate

6/1/1976 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

578

Lastpage

584

Abstract

A reliability analysis method for computing systems is considered in which the underlying criteria for "success" are based on the computations the system must perform in the use environment. Beginning with a general model of a "computer with faults," intermediate concepts of a "tolerance relation" and an "environment space" are introduced which account for the computational needs of the user and the probabilistic nature of the use environment. These concepts are then incorporated to obtain a precisely defined class of computation-based reliability measures. Formulation of a particular measure is illustrated and results, applying this measure, are compared with those of a typical structure-based analysis.

Keywords

Error tolerance, fault tolerance, reliability analysis, reliability modeling.; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Communication system control; Control engineering; Control engineering computing; Fault tolerance; NASA; Particle measurements; Performance analysis; Process control; Error tolerance, fault tolerance, reliability analysis, reliability modeling.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9340

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TC.1976.1674657

Filename

1674657