DocumentCode
1883252
Title
Soft failures and reliability
Author
Chenoweth, H.B.
Author_Institution
Westinghouse Electr. Corp., Baltimore, MD, USA
fYear
1990
fDate
23-25 Jan 1990
Firstpage
419
Lastpage
424
Abstract
Soft failure is defined in terms of event, and a definition of its repair is provided to clarify the nature of its recovery to a successful system performance are given. An analysis of some 30 failure modes with their taxonomy, classification, and causality is presented. A general reliability-modeling technique is proposed which permits the analyst to characterize the reliability solution based on the definition of soft failure. An example based on recent findings in the area of recovery-block schemes is presented
Keywords
failure analysis; reliability; causality; classification; recovery-block schemes; reliability; repair; soft failures; taxonomy; Embedded software; Equations; Error correction codes; Failure analysis; Hardware; Logic devices; Software maintenance; Software testing; System recovery; Taxonomy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1990. Proceedings., Annual
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ARMS.1990.67995
Filename
67995
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